2 Samuel 14:2

Easy To Read Version

So Joab sent {messengers} to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. Joab said to this wise woman, “Please pretend to be very sad. Put on clothes of sadness. Don’t dress up. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone that died.

Cross References

Genesis 38:19

Tamar went home and took off the veil that covered her face. Then she again wore the special clothes that showed she was a widow.

2 Samuel 11:26

Bathsheba heard that her husband Uriah was dead. Then she cried for her husband.

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David got up from the floor. He washed himself. He changed his clothes and got dressed. Then he went into the Lord’s house to worship. Then he went home and asked for something to eat. His servants gave him some food, and he ate.

2 Samuel 20:16

But there was a very wise woman in that city. She shouted out from the city. She said, “Listen to me! Tell Joab to come here. I want to talk with him.”

2 Samuel 23:26

Helez the Paltite; Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa;

1 Kings 14:2

Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go to Shiloh. Go see the prophet Ahijah. Ahijah is the man that said that I would become king of Israel. Dress yourself so people won’t know that you are my wife.

1 Kings 14:5

But the Lord said to him, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming to ask you about her son. He is sick.” The Lord told Ahijah what he should say.

2 Chronicles 11:6

He repaired the cities of Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 20:20

Jehoshaphat’s army went out into the Desert of Tekoa early in the morning. As they were starting out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me people of Judah and you people from Jerusalem. Have faith in the Lord your God, and then you will stand strong. Have faith in the Lord’s prophets. You will succeed!”

Nehemiah 3:27

The men from Tekoa fixed the rest of that section from the big tower all the way to the Ophel wall.

Nehemiah 3:5

The men from Tekoa fixed the next section of the wall. But the leaders from Tekoa refused to work for \{Nehemiah\} their governor.

Psalm 104:15

God gives us\par the wine that makes us happy,\par the oil that makes our skin soft, {\cf2\super [544]} \par and the food that makes us strong.\par

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Wear nice clothes and make yourself look good.

Jeremiah 6:1

Run for your lives, people of Benjamin!\par Run away from the city of Jerusalem!\par Blow the war trumpet in the city of Tekoa!\par Put up the warning flag\par in the city of Beth Hakkerem!\par Do these things because disaster is coming from the north. {\cf2\super [37]} \par Terrible destruction is coming to you.\par

Amos 1:1

The message of Amos. Amos was one of the shepherds from the city Tekoa. Amos saw visions {\cf2\super [1]} about Israel during the time that Uzziah was king of Judah and during the time that Jeroboam son of Joash was king of Israel. This was two years before the earthquake.

Matthew 6:17

So when you fast, make yourself look nice. Wash your face.

Ruth 3:3

Go wash and get dressed. Put on a nice dress, and go down to the threshing floor. But don’t let Boaz see you until he has finished eating supper.