2 Samuel 14:2

Modern English Version

So Joab sent a request to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He instructed her, “Act as if you are observing mourning rites. Put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning over the dead like this for many days.

Cross References

Genesis 38:19

She arose and went away, and taking off her veil, she put on her widow’s clothing.

2 Samuel 11:26

When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

2 Samuel 12:20

So David arose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his garments. Then he entered the house of the Lord and worshipped. He then went in to his own house. When he asked, they set down food for him and ate.

2 Samuel 20:16

a wise woman called from the city, “Listen! Listen! Say to Joab, ‘Come closer so that I may speak with you.’ ”

2 Samuel 23:26

Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

1 Kings 14:2

Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself, so that you will not be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Behold, there you will find Ahijah the prophet, who told me that I would be king over this people.

1 Kings 14:5

The Lord said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam has come to ask you about her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her, for when she comes, she will be disguised as another woman.”

2 Chronicles 11:6

He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 20:20

So they rose up early in the morning and went out to the Wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and those dwelling in Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be supported. Believe His prophets, and you will succeed.”

Nehemiah 3:27

After them the Tekoites repaired another section across from the great protruding tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 3:5

Next to them the Tekoites made repairs, but their noblemen would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord.

Psalm 104:15

and wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man’s heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Let your garments always be white, and never let oil be lacking on your head.

Jeremiah 6:1

O sons of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccherem; for disaster appears out of the north, and great destruction.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel two years before the earthquake.

Matthew 6:17

But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

Ruth 3:3

Now wash and anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.