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2 Samuel 14:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are on the earth.” "

2 Samuel 14:20

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18 Then the king answered the woman, “Please don’t hide anything from me that I ask you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king now speak.”

19 The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant.

20 Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are on the earth.”

21 The king said to Joab, “Behold now, I have granted this thing. Go therefore, and bring the young man Absalom back.”

22 Joab fell to the ground on his face, showed respect, and blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”

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2 Samuel 14:1

"Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom."

2 Samuel 14:2

"Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil; but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead."

2 Samuel 14:3

"Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth."

2 Samuel 14:4

"When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”"

2 Samuel 14:5

"The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead."

2 Samuel 14:6

"Your servant had two sons; and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him."

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