2 Samuel 14:17-24

¹⁷And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

¹⁸Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.

¹⁹So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

²⁰Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”

²¹Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

²²Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”

²³So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

²⁴But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the king.

— 2 Samuel 14:17-24

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Cross References for 2 Samuel 14:17-24

• 2 Samuel 19:27
• 2 Samuel 14:17
• 1 Samuel 29:9
• 2 Samuel 14:3
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• Proverbs 29:5
• 1 Samuel 20:3
• Revelation 22:4
• 1 Kings 3:9
• 1 Samuel 1:26

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