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2 Samuel 14:1
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

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2 Samuel 14:2
Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil; but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

2 Samuel 14:3
Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.

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2 Samuel 13:39
King David longed to go out to Absalom, for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.

2 Samuel 18:33
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

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