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Joab arranges Absalom's return to Jerusalem

Joab used a wise woman from Tekoa to persuade David to bring Absalom home. Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king, then forced Joab's attention by burning his field and was finally received by David (2 Samuel 14:1-33).

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📖 2 Samuel 14:1–3

1Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom. 2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time. 3Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.

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Sources: Scripture — 2 Samuel 14:1-33
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