New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2 Samuel 13
35 Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king’s sons have come; according to your servant’s word, so it happened."
36 As soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king’s sons came and lifted their voices and wept; and also the king and all his servants wept very bitterly.
37 Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
38 So Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, and was there three years.
39 The heart of King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
2 Samuel 14
1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was inclined toward Absalom.
2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;
3 then go to the king and speak to him in this manner." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 Now when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said, "Help, O king."
5 The king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she answered, "Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
6 Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him.
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