2 Samuel 14:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and he sent someone to bring in the wise woman who lived in Tekoa. Joab told her, “Put on funeral clothes and don't use any make up. Go to the king and pretend you have spent a long time mourning the death of a loved one.” Then he told her what to say.

Cross References

Genesis 38:19

After returning home, Tamar took off the veil and dressed in her widow's clothes again.

2 Samuel 11:26

When Bathsheba heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

2 Samuel 12:20

David got up off the floor; he took a bath, combed his hair, and dressed. He went into the LORD's tent and worshipped, then he went back home. David asked for something to eat, and when his servants brought him some food, he ate it.

2 Samuel 20:16

A wise woman shouted from the top of the wall, “Listen to me! Listen to me! I have to talk to Joab! Tell him to come here!”

1 Kings 14:2

Jeroboam told his wife: Disguise yourself so no one will know you're my wife, then go to Shiloh, where the prophet Ahijah lives. Take him ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and honey, and ask him what will happen to our son. He can tell you, because he's the one who told me I would become king.

1 Kings 14:5

but the LORD told him, “Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask about her son. I will tell you what to say to her.” Jeroboam's wife came to Ahijah's house, pretending to be someone else.

2 Chronicles 11:6

Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 20:20

Early the next morning, as everyone got ready to leave for the desert near Tekoa, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Listen my friends, if we trust the LORD God and believe what these prophets have told us, the LORD will help us, and we will be successful.”

Nehemiah 3:27

The men from Tekoa rebuilt the next section of the wall, and it was their second section. It started at a place opposite the large tower that guarded the Temple, and it went all the way to the wall near Ophel.

Nehemiah 3:5

The next section was to be repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their town leaders refused to do the hard work they were assigned.

Psalm 104:15

wine to cheer us up, olive oil for our skin, and grain for our health.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Dress up, comb your hair, and look your best.

Jeremiah 6:1

Run for your lives, people of Benjamin. Get out of Jerusalem. Sound a trumpet in Tekoa and light a signal fire in Beth-Haccherem. Soon you will be struck by disaster from the north.

Amos 1:1

I am Amos. And I raised sheep near the town of Tekoa when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. Two years before the earthquake, the LORD gave me several messages about Israel,

Matthew 6:17

Instead, comb your hair and wash your face.

Ruth 3:3

Now take a bath and put on some perfume, then dress in your best clothes. Go where he is working, but don't let him see you until he has finished eating and drinking.