2 Samuel 14:2

The English Standar Version

And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

Cross References

Genesis 38:19

Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.

2 Samuel 11:26

When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her husband.

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.

2 Samuel 20:16

Then a wise woman called from the city, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab, 'Come here, that I may speak to you.' "

2 Samuel 23:26

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

1 Kings 14:2

And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said of me that I should be king over this people.

1 Kings 14:5

And the LORD said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus shall you say to her."When she came, she pretended to be another woman.

2 Chronicles 11:6

He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 20:20

And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed."

Nehemiah 3:27

After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 3:5

And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.[2]

Psalm 104:15

and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head.

Jeremiah 6:1

Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms out of the north, and great destruction.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds[1] 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[2] before the earthquake.

Matthew 6:17

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

Ruth 3:3

Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.