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2 Samuel 14:1-6

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The Woman of Tekoa

1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that 1the king's heart was inclined toward Absalom.
2 So Joab sent to 2Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not 3anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;
3 then go to the king and speak to him in this manner." So Joab put 4the words in her mouth.
4 Now when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and 5prostrated herself and said, "6Help, O king."
5 The king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she answered, "Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
6 "Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him.
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2 Samuel 14:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 14

This chapter relates that Joab, perceiving David's inclination to bring back Absalom, employed a wise woman of Tekoah to lay before him a feigned case of hers, drawn up by Joab, whereby this point was gained from the king, that murder might be dispensed with in her case, 2Sa 14:1-20; which being applied to the case of Absalom, and the king finding out that the hand of Joab was in this, sent for him, and ordered him to bring Absalom again, though as yet he would not see his face, 2Sa 14:21-24; and after some notice being taken of the beauty of Absalom's person, particularly of his head of hair, and of the number of his children, 2Sa 14:25-27; it is related, that after two full years Absalom was uneasy that he might not see the king's face, and sent for Joab, who refused to come to him, till he found means to oblige him to it, who, with the king's leave, introduced him to him, 2Sa 14:28-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 6

  • 1. 2 Samuel 13:39
  • 2. 2 Samuel 23:26; 2 Chronicles 11:6; Amos 1:1
  • 3. 2 Samuel 12:20
  • 4. 2 Samuel 14:19
  • 5. 1 Samuel 25:23
  • 6. 2 Kings 6:26-28

Footnotes 4

  • [a] Lit "took"
  • [b] Many mss and ancient versions read "came"
  • [c] Lit "said"
  • [d] Lit "deliverer between"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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