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2 Samuel 14 (WEBP)

[1] Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
[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.
[3] Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
[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!”
[5] The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
[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.
[7] Behold, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.”
[8] The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
[9] The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
[10] The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you any more.”
[11] Then she said, “Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.”
[12] Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”
[13] The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
[14] For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
[15] Now therefore, seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid. Your servant said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.’
[16] For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
[17] Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’”
[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.”
[23] So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
[24] The king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn’t see the king’s face.
[25] Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.
[26] When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.
[27] Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.
[28] Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.
[29] Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. Then he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
[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.

2 Samuel 14:26 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 200 shekels is about 2 kilograms or about 4.4 pounds.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Samuel 14 (KJVS)

[1] Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
[2] And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
[3] and come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
[4] And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
[5] And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
[6] And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
[7] And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
[8] And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
[9] And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
[10] And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
[11] Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
[12] Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
[13] And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
[14] For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
[15] Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
[16] For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
[17] Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.
[18] Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
[19] And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
[20] to fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
[21] And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
[22] And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
[23] So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
[24] And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.
[25] But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
[26] And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it;) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
[27] And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
[28] So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
[29] Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
[30] Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
[31] Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
[32] And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any 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.

2 Samuel 14:4 Heb. save
2 Samuel 14:6 Heb. no deliverer between them
2 Samuel 14:7 Heb. upon the face of the earth
2 Samuel 14:11 Heb. that the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy
2 Samuel 14:17a Heb. for rest
2 Samuel 14:17b Heb. to hear
2 Samuel 14:22a Heb. blessed
2 Samuel 14:22b Or, thy
2 Samuel 14:25 Heb. and as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all Israel, to praise greatly
2 Samuel 14:30 Heb. near my place

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Samuel 14 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἔγνω () Ιωαβ υἱὸς () Σαρουιας ὅτι () ἡ () καρδία () τοῦ () βασιλέως () ἐπὶ () Αβεσσαλωμ.
[2] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Ιωαβ εἰς () Θεκωε καὶ () ἔλαβεν () ἐκεῖθεν () γυναῖκα () σοφὴν () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτήν () Πένθησον () δὴ () καὶ () ἔνδυσαι () ἱμάτια () πενθικὰ καὶ () μὴ () ἀλείψῃ () ἔλαιον () καὶ () ἔσῃ () ὡς () γυνὴ () πενθοῦσα () ἐπὶ () τεθνηκότι () τοῦτο () ἡμέρας () πολλὰς ()
[3] καὶ () ἐλεύσῃ () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () καὶ () λαλήσεις () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () κατὰ () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο· () καὶ () ἔθηκεν () Ιωαβ τοὺς () λόγους () ἐν () τῷ () στόματι () αὐτῆς. ()
[4] Καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () ἡ () Θεκωῖτις πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () καὶ () ἔπεσεν () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () αὐτῆς () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () αὐτῷ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Σῶσον, () βασιλεῦ, () σῶσον. ()
[5] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτὴν () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Τί () ἐστίν () σοι; () Ἡ () δὲ () εἶπεν () Καὶ () μάλα γυνὴ () χήρα () ἐγώ () εἰμι, () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () ὁ () ἀνήρ () μου. ()
[6] Καί () γε () τῇ () δούλῃ () σου () δύο () υἱοί, () καὶ () ἐμαχέσαντο () ἀμφότεροι () ἐν () τῷ () ἀγρῷ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () ἐξαιρούμενος () ἀνὰ () μέσον () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἔπαισεν () ὁ () εἷς () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐθανάτωσεν () αὐτόν. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἐπανέστη () ὅλη () ἡ () πατριὰ () πρὸς () τὴν () δούλην () σου () καὶ () εἶπαν () Δὸς () τὸν () παίσαντα () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () θανατώσομεν () αὐτὸν () ἀντὶ () τῆς () ψυχῆς () τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () αὐτοῦ, () οὗ () ἀπέκτεινεν, () καὶ () ἐξαροῦμεν () καί () γε () τὸν () κληρονόμον () ὑμῶν· () καὶ () σβέσουσιν () τὸν () ἄνθρακά () μου () τὸν () καταλειφθέντα () ὥστε () μὴ () θέσθαι () τῷ () ἀνδρί () μου () κατάλειμμα () καὶ () ὄνομα () ἐπὶ () προσώπου () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[8] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Ὑγιαίνουσα () βάδιζε εἰς () τὸν () οἶκόν () σου, () κἀγὼ () ἐντελοῦμαι () περὶ () σοῦ. ()
[9] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () ἡ () Θεκωῖτις πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () Ἐπ’ () ἐμέ, () κύριέ () μου () βασιλεῦ, () ἡ () ἀνομία () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () πατρός () μου, () καὶ () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () ὁ () θρόνος () αὐτοῦ () ἀθῷος. ()
[10] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Τίς () ὁ () λαλῶν () πρὸς () σέ; () Καὶ () ἄξεις () αὐτὸν () πρὸς () ἐμέ, () καὶ () οὐ () προσθήσει () ἔτι () ἅψασθαι () αὐτοῦ. ()
[11] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Μνημονευσάτω () δὴ () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τὸν () κύριον () θεὸν () αὐτοῦ () πληθυνθῆναι () ἀγχιστέα τοῦ () αἵματος () τοῦ () διαφθεῖραι () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἐξάρωσιν () τὸν () υἱόν () μου· () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ζῇ () κύριος, () εἰ () πεσεῖται () ἀπὸ () τῆς () τριχὸς () τοῦ () υἱοῦ () σου () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[12] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () γυνή () Λαλησάτω () δὴ () ἡ () δούλη () σου () πρὸς () τὸν () κύριόν () μου () τὸν () βασιλέα () ῥῆμα· () καὶ () εἶπεν () Λάλησον. ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () γυνή () Ἵνα () τί () ἐλογίσω () τοιοῦτο () ἐπὶ () λαὸν () θεοῦ; () Ἦ () ἐκ () στόματος () τοῦ () βασιλέως () ὁ () λόγος () οὗτος () ὡς () πλημμέλεια τοῦ () μὴ () ἐπιστρέψαι () τὸν () βασιλέα () τὸν () ἐξωσμένον () αὐτοῦ. ()
[14] Ὅτι () θανάτῳ () ἀποθανούμεθα, () καὶ () ὥσπερ () τὸ () ὕδωρ () τὸ () καταφερόμενον () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ὃ () οὐ () συναχθήσεται· () καὶ () λήμψεται () ὁ () θεὸς () ψυχήν, () καὶ () λογιζόμενος () τοῦ () ἐξῶσαι () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ () ἐξωσμένον. ()
[15] Καὶ () νῦν () ὃ () ἦλθον () λαλῆσαι () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () τὸν () κύριόν () μου () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο, () ὅτι () ὄψεταί () με () ὁ () λαός, () καὶ () ἐρεῖ () ἡ () δούλη () σου () Λαλησάτω () δὴ () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα, () εἴ () πως () ποιήσει () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τῆς () δούλης () αὐτοῦ· ()
[16] ὅτι () ἀκούσει () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () ῥύσασθαι () τὴν () δούλην () αὐτοῦ () ἐκ () χειρὸς () τοῦ () ἀνδρὸς () τοῦ () ζητοῦντος () ἐξᾶραί () με () καὶ () τὸν () υἱόν () μου () ἀπὸ () κληρονομίας () θεοῦ. ()
[17] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () γυνή () Εἴη () δὴ () ὁ () λόγος () τοῦ () κυρίου () μου () τοῦ () βασιλέως () εἰς () θυσίαν, () ὅτι () καθὼς () ἄγγελος () θεοῦ () οὕτως () ὁ () κύριός () μου () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τοῦ () ἀκούειν () τὸ () ἀγαθὸν () καὶ () τὸ () πονηρόν, () καὶ () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου () ἔσται () μετὰ () σοῦ. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () τὴν () γυναῖκα () Μὴ () δὴ () κρύψῃς () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ () ῥῆμα, () ὃ () ἐγὼ () ἐπερωτῶ () σε. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () γυνή () Λαλησάτω () δὴ () ὁ () κύριός () μου () ὁ () βασιλεύς. ()
[19] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Μὴ () ἡ () χεὶρ () Ιωαβ ἐν () παντὶ () τούτῳ () μετὰ () σοῦ; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () Ζῇ () ἡ () ψυχή () σου, () κύριέ () μου () βασιλεῦ, () εἰ () ἔστιν () εἰς () τὰ () δεξιὰ () ἢ () εἰς () τὰ () ἀριστερὰ () ἐκ () πάντων, () ὧν () ἐλάλησεν () ὁ () κύριός () μου () ὁ () βασιλεύς, () ὅτι () ὁ () δοῦλός () σου () Ιωαβ αὐτὸς () ἐνετείλατό () μοι () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἔθετο () ἐν () τῷ () στόματι () τῆς () δούλης () σου () πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους· ()
[20] ἕνεκεν () τοῦ () περιελθεῖν () τὸ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () ῥήματος () τούτου () ἐποίησεν () ὁ () δοῦλός () σου () Ιωαβ τὸν () λόγον () τοῦτον, () καὶ () ὁ () κύριός () μου () σοφὸς () καθὼς () σοφία () ἀγγέλου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () τοῦ () γνῶναι () πάντα () τὰ () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ. ()
[21] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () πρὸς () Ιωαβ Ἰδοὺ () δὴ () ἐποίησά () σοι () κατὰ () τὸν () λόγον () σου () τοῦτον· () πορεύου () ἐπίστρεψον () τὸ () παιδάριον () τὸν () Αβεσσαλωμ.
[22] Καὶ () ἔπεσεν () Ιωαβ ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () καὶ () εὐλόγησεν () τὸν () βασιλέα, () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ιωαβ Σήμερον () ἔγνω () ὁ () δοῦλός () σου () ὅτι () εὗρον () χάριν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () σου, () κύριέ () μου () βασιλεῦ, () ὅτι () ἐποίησεν () ὁ () κύριός () μου () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τὸν () λόγον () τοῦ () δούλου () αὐτοῦ. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Ιωαβ καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () εἰς () Γεδσουρ καὶ () ἤγαγεν () τὸν () Αβεσσαλωμ εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[24] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Ἀποστραφήτω () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () μου () μὴ () βλεπέτω. () Καὶ () ἀπέστρεψεν () Αβεσσαλωμ εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὸ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () βασιλέως () οὐκ () εἶδεν. () —
[25] καὶ () ὡς () Αβεσσαλωμ οὐκ () ἦν () ἀνὴρ () ἐν () παντὶ () Ισραηλ () αἰνετὸς σφόδρα, () ἀπὸ () ἴχνους () ποδὸς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἕως () κορυφῆς αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἦν () ἐν () αὐτῷ () μῶμος. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () κείρεσθαι () αὐτὸν () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ ()—καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἀπ’ () ἀρχῆς () ἡμερῶν () εἰς () ἡμέρας, () ὡς () ἂν () ἐκείρετο, () ὅτι () κατεβαρύνετο ἐπ’ () αὐτόν ()—καὶ () κειρόμενος () αὐτὴν () ἔστησεν () τὴν () τρίχα () τῆς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ () διακοσίους () σίκλους ἐν () τῷ () σίκλῳ τῷ () βασιλικῷ. ()
[27] Καὶ () ἐτέχθησαν () τῷ () Αβεσσαλωμ τρεῖς () υἱοὶ () καὶ () θυγάτηρ () μία, () καὶ () ὄνομα () αὐτῇ () Θημαρ· αὕτη () ἦν () γυνὴ () καλὴ σφόδρα () καὶ () γίνεται () γυνὴ () τῷ () Ροβοαμ () υἱῷ () Σαλωμων καὶ () τίκτει () αὐτῷ () τὸν () Αβια. ()
[28] Καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () Αβεσσαλωμ ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () δύο () ἔτη () ἡμερῶν () καὶ () τὸ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () βασιλέως () οὐκ () εἶδεν. ()
[29] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Αβεσσαλωμ πρὸς () Ιωαβ τοῦ () ἀποστεῖλαι () αὐτὸν () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησεν () ἐλθεῖν () πρὸς () αὐτόν· () καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () ἐκ () δευτέρου () πρὸς () αὐτόν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησεν () παραγενέσθαι. ()
[30] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Αβεσσαλωμ πρὸς () τοὺς () παῖδας () αὐτοῦ () Ἴδετε () ἡ () μερὶς () ἐν () ἀγρῷ () τοῦ () Ιωαβ ἐχόμενά () μου, () καὶ () αὐτῷ () κριθαὶ () ἐκεῖ, () πορεύεσθε () καὶ () ἐμπρήσατε () αὐτὴν () ἐν () πυρί· () καὶ () ἐνέπρησαν () αὐτὰς () οἱ () παῖδες () Αβεσσαλωμ. Καὶ () παραγίνονται () οἱ () δοῦλοι () Ιωαβ πρὸς () αὐτὸν () διερρηχότες () τὰ () ἱμάτια () αὐτῶν () καὶ () εἶπαν () Ἐνεπύρισαν οἱ () δοῦλοι () Αβεσσαλωμ τὴν () μερίδα () ἐν () πυρί. ()
[31] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Ιωαβ καὶ () ἦλθεν () πρὸς () Αβεσσαλωμ εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Ἵνα () τί () οἱ () παῖδές () σου () ἐνεπύρισαν τὴν () μερίδα () τὴν () ἐμὴν () ἐν () πυρί; ()
[32] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Αβεσσαλωμ πρὸς () Ιωαβ Ἰδοὺ () ἀπέστειλα () πρὸς () σὲ () λέγων () Ἧκε () ὧδε () καὶ () ἀποστελῶ () σε () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () λέγων () Ἵνα () τί () ἦλθον () ἐκ () Γεδσουρ; Ἀγαθόν () μοι () ἦν () τοῦ () ἔτι () εἶναί () με () ἐκεῖ· () καὶ () νῦν () ἰδοὺ () τὸ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () βασιλέως () οὐκ () εἶδον· () εἰ () δέ () ἐστιν () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () ἀδικία, () καὶ () θανάτωσόν () με. ()
[33] Καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () Ιωαβ πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () καὶ () ἀπήγγειλεν () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸν () Αβεσσαλωμ, καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () αὐτῷ () καὶ () ἔπεσεν () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () κατὰ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () βασιλέως, () καὶ () κατεφίλησεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τὸν () Αβεσσαλωμ.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.