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2 Samuel 14:32 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore, let me see the king’s face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”’” "
2 Samuel 14:32
Verse in Context
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30 Therefore he said to his servants, “Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
31 Then Joab arose and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
32 Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore, let me see the king’s face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”’”
33 So Joab came to the king and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.
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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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