2 Samuel 14:3

3 Go to the king, and tell him this...." Then Joab told her exactly what to say.

2 Samuel 14:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:3

And come to the king
At his palace, in the above condition and circumstances:

and speak on this manner unto him;
something to the following purpose he dictated to her:

so Joab put the words in her mouth;
the substance of what she should say; the fable she was to deliver as her own case might be framed by Joab, and which she delivered word for word exactly as he put it, and the application of it; but as he knew not what questions the king would ask her, so he could not dictate to her what to reply, unless he supposed this and the other, and so formed answers; but this he left to her prudence, and for the sake of which he chose a wise woman to manage this affair.

2 Samuel 14:3 In-Context

1 Joab, Zeruiah's son, knew the king was still thinking about Absalom.

2 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.

3 Go to the king, and tell him this...." Then Joab told her exactly what to say.

4 The woman from Tekoa came to the king and immediately bowed down with her face touching the ground. "Help [me], Your Majesty," she said.

5 The king asked her, "What can I do for you?" She answered, "I'm a widow; my husband is dead.