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now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
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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.
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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 L
ORD
thy God will be with thee.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young
man Absalom again.
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And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked
the king: and Joab said, Today 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.
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So Joab arose and went to Geshur,
and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name
was
Tamar:
she was a woman of a fair countenance.
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So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
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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.
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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.
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Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto
his
house, and said unto him, Wherefore
have thy servants set my field on fire?
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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.
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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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