Brenton's Septuagint (LXX) - Holy Name KJV

 14:1 ¶ And Joab the son of Zeruiah{gr.Saruia} knew that the heart of the king was toward Absalom{gr.Abessalom}.

 14:1 ¶ Now Joabº the sonº of Zeruiahº perceivedºº thatº the king'sº heartº [was] towardº Absalom.º

 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah{gr.Thecoe}, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray thee, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint thee not with oil, and thou shalt be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.

 14:2 And Joabº sentºº to Tekoah,º and fetchedºº thenceºº a wiseº woman,º and saidºº untoº her, I pray thee,º feign thyself to be a mourner,ºº and put onºº nowº mourningº apparel,º and anointºº notº thyself with oil,º but beº as a womanº thatº had a longº timeº mournedºº forº the dead:ºº

 14:3 And thou shalt go to the king, and speak to him according to this word. And Joab put the words in her mouth.

 14:3 And comeºº toº the king,º and speakºº onº thisº mannerº untoº him. So Joabº putººº the wordsº in her mouth.º

 14:4 ¶ So the woman of Tekoah{gr.Thecoe} went in to the king and fell upon her face to the earth, and did him obeisance, and said, Help, O king, help.

 14:4 ¶ And when the womanº of Tekoahº spakeºº toº the king,º she fellºº onº her faceº to the ground,º and did obeisance,ºº and said,ºº Help,ºº O king.º

 14:5 And the king said to her, What is the matter with thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

 14:5 And the kingº saidºº unto her, Whatº aileth thee? And she answered,ºº Iº [am] indeedº a widowº woman,º and mine husbandº is dead.ºº

 14:6 And moreover thy handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one smote the other his brother, and slew him.

 14:6 And thy handmaidº had twoº sons,º and they twoº strove togetherºº in the field,º and [there was] noneº to partººº them, but the oneº smoteººº the other,º and slewºº him.

 14:7 And behold the whole family rose up against thine handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that smote his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he slew, and we will take away even your heir: so they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband remnant or name on the face of the earth.

 14:7 And, behold,º the wholeº familyº is risenºº againstº thine handmaid,º and they said,ºº Deliverººº him that smoteºº his brother,º that we may killºº him, for the lifeº of his brotherº whomº he slew;ºº and we will destroyººº the heirºº also:º and so they shall quenchººº my coalº whichº is left,ººº and shall notº leaveºº to my husbandº [neither] nameº nor remainderº uponºº the earth.º

 14:8 And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to thy house, and I will give commandment concerning thee.

 14:8 And the kingº saidºº untoº the woman,º Goººº to thine house,º and Iº will give chargeºº concerningº thee.

 14:9 And the woman of Tekoah{gr.Thecoe} said to the king, On me, my lord, O king, and on my father's house [be] the iniquity, and the king and his throne [be] guiltless.

 14:9 And the womanº of Tekoahº saidºº untoº the king,º My adon,º O king,º the iniquityº [be] onº me, and onº my father'sº house:º and the kingº and his throneº [be] guiltless.º

 14:10 And the king said, Who was it that spoke to thee? thou shalt even bring him to me, and [one] shall not touch him any more.

 14:10 And the kingº said,ºº Whosoever saithºº [ought] untoº thee, bringºº him toº me, and he shall notº touchºº thee anyº more.ººº

 14:11 And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, [As] the lord lives, not a hair of thy son shall fall to the ground.

 14:11 Then saidºº she, I pray thee,º let the kingº rememberººº Yahwehº thy Elohim,º that thou wouldest notº suffer the revengersºº of bloodº to destroyºº any more,ºº lest they destroyººº my son.º And he said,ºº [As] Yahwehº liveth,º there shall notº one hairºº of thy sonº fallºº to the earth.º

 14:12 And the woman said, Let now thy servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

 14:12 Then the womanº said,ºº Let thine handmaid,º I pray thee,º speakºº [one] wordº untoº my adonº the king.º And he said,ºº Say on.ºº

 14:13 And the woman said, Why hast thou devised this thing against the people of God? or [is] this word out of the king's mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his banished?

 14:13 And the womanº said,ºº Whereforeº then hast thou thoughtºº suchº a thing againstº the peopleº of Elohim?º for the kingº doth speakººº thisº thingº as one which is faulty,º in that the kingº doth notº fetch home againººº his banished.ºº

 14:14 For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.

 14:14 Forº we must needsºº die,ºº and [are] as waterº spiltºº on the ground,º whichº cannotº be gathered upº again;ºº neitherº doth Elohimº respectºº [any] person:º yet doth he deviseºº means,º that his banishedºº be not expelledºº fromº him.

 14:15 And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, [the reason is] that the people will see me, and thy handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if peradventure the king will perform the request of his handmaid;

 14:15 Nowº therefore thatº I am comeºº to speakºº ofº thisº thingº untoº my adonº the king,º [it is] becauseº the peopleº have made me afraid:ºº and thy handmaidº said,ºº I will nowº speakºº untoº the king;º it may beº that the kingº will performººº the requestº of his handmaid.º

 14:16 for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God.

 14:16 Forº the kingº will hear,ºº to deliverººº his handmaidº out of the handºº of the manº [that would] destroyºº me and my sonº togetherº out of the inheritanceºº of Elohim.º

 14:17 And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious,-- [well]: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord thy God shall be with thee.

 14:17 Then thine handmaidº said,ºº The wordº of my adonº the kingº shall nowº beº comfortable:º forº as an angelº of Elohim,º soº [is] my adonº the kingº to discernºº goodº and bad:º therefore Yahwehº thy Elohimº will beº withº thee.

 14:18 And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the matter which I ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.

 14:18 Then the kingº answeredºº and saidºº untoº the woman,º Hideºº notº fromº me, I pray thee,º the thingº thatº Iº shall askºº thee. And the womanº said,ºº Let my adonº the kingº nowº speak.ºº

 14:19 And the king said, [Is] not the hand of Joab in all this matter with thee? and the woman said to the king, [As] thy soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid.

 14:19 And the kingº said,ºº [Is not] the handº of Joabº withº thee in allº this?º And the womanº answeredºº and said,ºº [As] thy soulº liveth,º my adonº the king,º noneº canº turnºº to the rightº handºº or to the leftºº from oughtºº thatº my adonº the kingº hath spoken:ºº forº thy servantº Joab,º heº badeºº me, and heº putººº allº theseº wordsº in the mouthº of thine handmaid:º

 14:20 In order that this form of speech might come about [it was] that thy servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as [is] the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

 14:20 Toº fetch aboutººº this formº of speechº hath thy servantº Joabº doneººº thisº thing:º and my adonº [is] wise,º according to the wisdomº of an angelº of Elohim,º to knowººº allº [things] thatº [are] in the earth.º

 14:21 ¶ And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done to thee according to this thy word: go, bring back the young man Absalom{gr.Abessalom}.

 14:21 ¶ And the kingº saidºº untoº Joab,º Beholdº now,º I have doneººº thisº thing:º goººº therefore, bringººº the young manº Absalomº again.ºº

 14:22 And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant.

 14:22 And Joabº fellºº to the groundº onº his face,º and bowedºº himself,º and thankedººº the king:º and Joabº said,ºº To dayº thy servantº knowethºº thatº I have foundºº graceº in thy sight,º my adon,º O king,º in thatº the kingº hath fulfilledººº the requestº of his servant.º

 14:23 And Joab arose, and went to Geshur{gr.Gedsur}, and brought Absalom{gr.Abessalom} to Jerusalem.

 14:23 So Joabº aroseºº and wentººº to Geshur,º and broughtººº Absalomº to Jerusalem.º

 14:24 And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Absalom{gr.Abessalom} returned to his house, and saw not the king's face.

 14:24 And the kingº said,ºº Let him turnºº toº his own house,º and let him notº seeºº my face.º So Absalomº returnedºº toº his own house,º and sawºº notº the king'sº face.º

 14:25 ¶ And there was not a man in Israel so very comely as Absalom{gr.Abessalom}: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

 14:25 ¶ But in allº Israelº there wasº noneºº to be so muchº praisedºº as Absalomº for his beauty:º from the soleºº of his footº even toº the crown of his headº there wasº noº blemishº in him.

 14:26 And when he polled his head, (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew, heavy upon him,) even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel.

 14:26 And when he polledººº his head,º (for it wasº at every year'sº endººº thatº he polledºº [it]: becauseº [the hair] was heavyºº onº him, therefore he polledºº it:) he weighedººº the hairº of his headº at two hundredº shekelsº after the king'sº weight.º

 14:27 And there were born to Absalom{gr.Abessalom} three sons and one daughter, and her name was Tamar{gr.Themar}: she was a very beautiful woman, and she becomes the wife of Rehoboam{gr.Roboam} son of Solomon, and she bears to him Abia.

 14:27 And unto Absalomº there were bornºº threeº sons,º and oneº daughter,º whose nameº [was] Tamar:º sheº wasº a womanº of a fairº countenance.º

 14:28 ¶ And Absalom{gr.Abessalom} remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king's face.

 14:28 ¶ So Absalomº dweltºº two fullº yearsºº in Jerusalem,º and sawºº notº the king'sº face.º

 14:29 And Absalom{gr.Abessalom} sent to Joab to bring him in to the king, and he would not come to him: and he sent to him the second time, and he would not come.

 14:29 Therefore Absalomº sentºº forº Joab,º to have sentºº him toº the king;º but he wouldºº notº comeºº toº him: and when he sentº againººº the second time,º he wouldºº notº come.ºº

 14:30 And Absalom{gr.Abessalom} said to his servants, Behold, Joab's portion in the field [is] next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Absalom{gr.Abessalom} set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, The servants of Absalom{gr.Abessalom} have set the field on fire.

 14:30 Therefore he saidºº untoº his servants,º See,ºº Joab'sº fieldº is nearº mine,º and he hath barleyº there;º goººº and setºº it on fire.º And Absalom'sº servantsº setººº the fieldº on fire.º

 14:31 And Joab arose, and came to Absalom{gr.Abessalom} into the house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my field on fire?

 14:31 Then Joabº arose,ºº and cameºº toº Absalomº unto [his] house,º and saidºº untoº him, Whereforeº have thy servantsº setººº my fieldº on fire?º

 14:32 And Absalom{gr.Abessalom} said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, and I will send thee to the king, saying, Why did I come out of Geshur{gr.Gedsur}? it would have been better for me to have remained there: and now, behold, I have not seen the face of the king; but if there is iniquity in me, then put me to death.

 14:32 And Absalomº answeredººº Joab,º Behold,º I sentºº untoº thee, saying,ºº Comeºº hither,º that I may sendºº thee toº the king,º to say,ºº Whereforeº am Iº comeºº from Geshur?ºº [it had been] goodº for me [to have been] thereº still:º nowº therefore let me seeºº the king'sº face;º and ifº there beº [any] iniquityº in me, let him killºº me.

 14:33 And Joab went in to the king, and brought him word: and he called Absalom{gr.Abessalom}, and he went in to the king, and did him obeisance, and fell upon his face to the ground, even in the presence of the king; and the king kissed Absalom{gr.Abessalom}.

 14:33 So Joabº cameºº toº the king,º and toldºº him: and when he had calledºº forº Absalom,º he cameºº toº the king,º and bowedºº himself onº his faceº to the groundº beforeº the king:º and the kingº kissedºº Absalom.º