2 Samuel 14:3
in 2 Samuel 14Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
KJV
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
feign thyself to be a mourner
on 2 Samuel 14:2-3
Joab sends for a wise woman of Tekoah and writes her a part: mourning clothes, no oil, the manner of a widow of long standing, and he puts the very words in her mouth. The staging is deliberate, built to reach the king through a door his justice might not close, a stranger's grief rather than a general's request. Gill and Clarke both note the woman was likely chosen for some real resemblance to the case she was made to plead, which is what let the deception hold.
This site's exposition
put the words in her mouth
Albert Barnes notes that the king sat as judge and any subject could bring a case to him, as the two women do at 1 Kings 3:16. Joab's plan depends on that open door. Absalom will use the same access to win hearts at 15:2.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And come to the king,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman--The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Come to the king - The king as a judge was accessible to all his subjects (2Sa 15:2; compare 1Ki 3:16).
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבָאת֙ | uvat | and you will go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְדִבַּ֥רְתְּ | vedibart | and you will speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלָ֖יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כַּדָּבָ֣ר | kadavar | according to the word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וַיָּ֧שֶׂם | vaiyasem | and he put | H7760 → | 584 times |
| יוֹאָ֛ב | yoav | Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֖ים | hadevarim | the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| בְּפִֽיהָ׃ | befiha | in mouth her | H6310 → | 498 times |
וּבָאת֙and you will go
uvatH935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְדִבַּ֥רְתְּand you will speak
vedibartH1696 →1141 times
אֵלָ֖יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
כַּדָּבָ֣רaccording to the word
kadavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וַיָּ֧שֶׂםand he put
vaiyasemH7760 →584 times
יוֹאָ֛בJoab
yoavH3097 →144 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַדְּבָרִ֖יםthe words
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
בְּפִֽיהָ׃in mouth her
befihaH6310 →498 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 31:31–34
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Hebrews 10:16
“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Jeremiah 32:38–41
They will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Hebrews 8:6–13
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
- Jeremiah 31:31–34
Through
Jeremiah 1:9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
it leads to
- Luke 21:15
For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 51:16
I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 4:11–12
And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Luke 21:15
About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).