2 Samuel 14:2

Holy Bible: 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 sackcloth. Don’t dress up. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone who died.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:6

He repaired the cities of Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Amos 1:1

This is the message of Amos, one of the shepherds from the city Tekoa. He saw visions about Israel during the time that Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Joash was king of Israel. This was two years before the earthquake.

Ruth 3:3

Go wash yourself 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 his dinner.

Jeremiah 6:1

“Run for your lives, people of Benjamin! Run away from the city of Jerusalem! Blow the war trumpet in the city of Tekoa! Put up the warning flag in the city of Beth Hakkerem! Do these things because disaster is coming from the north. Terrible destruction is coming to you.

Nehemiah 3:5

The men from Tekoa repaired the next section of the wall, but the leaders from Tekoa refused to work for Nehemiah their governor.

2 Chronicles 20:20

Early the next morning, Jehoshaphat’s army went out into the desert of Tekoa. As they marched out, Jehoshaphat stood there saying, “Listen to me, men of Judah and Jerusalem. Have faith in the Lord your God, and you will stand strong! Have faith in his prophets, and you will succeed!”

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. After that he went home and asked for something to eat. His servants gave him some food, and he ate.

Matthew 6:17

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

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Wear nice clothes and make yourself look good.

Psalm 104:15

You give us the wine that makes us happy, the oil that makes our skin soft, and the food that makes us strong.

Nehemiah 3:27

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

2 Samuel 11:26

Bathsheba heard that her husband Uriah had died, so she mourned for him.

2 Samuel 20:16

But there was a very wise woman in that city who shouted out to them and 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 and see the prophet Ahijah. He is the one who said that I would become king of Israel. Dress yourself so that people will not 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 because he is sick. I will tell you what to say to her.” When she came to Ahijah’s house, she pretended to be someone else.

Genesis 38:19

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