II Samuel 14:13
The Scripture
(13) And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Joab sent a wise woman of Tekoah to tell David a parable about a feuding family, persuading the king to allow the banished Absalom to return to Jerusalem. Though Absalom returned, David initially refused to see him, and the chapter ends with their eventual reconciliation and a kiss.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Samuel 12:7I Kings 20:40I Kings 20:41I Kings 20:42Luke 7:42Luke 7:43Luke 7:44II Samuel 7:8Judges 20:2II Samuel 13:37II Samuel 13:38
Related verses (shared words)
II Samuel 14:14Deuteronomy 8:3Job 8:3Psalms 80:13Proverbs 24:12Isaiah 1:3