2 Samuel 14:2

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So Joab sent ⌞someone⌟ to Tekoa to get a clever woman from there. He told her, “Please act like a mourner, and dress in mourning clothes. Don’t rub olive oil on yourself, but act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

Cross References

Genesis 38:19

After she got up and left, she took off her veil and put her widow’s clothes back on.

2 Samuel 11:26

When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him.

2 Samuel 12:20

So David got up from the ground, bathed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes. He went into the Lord’s house and worshiped. Then he went home and asked for food. They placed food in front of him, and he ate.

2 Samuel 20:16

Then a clever woman called from the city, “Listen, listen! Tell Joab to come here so that I can talk to him.”

2 Samuel 23:26

Helez the Paltite, Ira (son of Ikkesh) from Tekoa,

1 Kings 14:2

Jeroboam told his wife, “Go to Shiloh, but disguise yourself so that people will not recognize you as my wife. The prophet Ahijah, who told me I would be king of these people, is there.

1 Kings 14:5

However, the Lord had told Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming to ask you about her son who is sick. When she comes, she will pretend to be someone else.” He also told Ahijah what to say to her.

2 Chronicles 11:6

He rebuilt Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 20:20

They got up early in the morning and went to the desert of Tekoa. As they were leaving, Jehoshaphat stopped and said, “Listen to me, people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem. Trust the Lord your God, and believe. Believe his prophets, and you will succeed.”

Nehemiah 3:27

After him the men from Tekoa repaired a section across from the large projecting tower as far as the Wall of the Ophel.

Nehemiah 3:5

Next to them the men from Tekoa made repairs. However, the nobles wouldn’t lower themselves to work under supervisors.

Psalm 104:15

You make wine to cheer human hearts, olive oil to make faces shine, and bread to strengthen human hearts.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Always wear clean clothes, and never go without lotion on your head.

Jeremiah 6:1

“Take cover, people of Benjamin! Run away from Jerusalem! Blow the ram’s horn in Tekoa. Raise the flag over Beth Hakkerem, because disaster and widespread destruction are coming from the north.

Amos 1:1

These are the words of Amos, one of the sheep farmers from Tekoa. He saw ⌞a vision⌟ about Israel during the reigns of Judah’s King Uzziah and Israel’s King Jeroboam, son of Joash. This happened two years before the earthquake.

Matthew 6:17

When you fast, wash your face and comb your hair.

Ruth 3:3

Freshen up, put on some perfume, dress up, and go down to the threshing floor. Don’t let him know that you’re there until he’s finished eating and drinking.