Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
Mourning
General references
Bible References
Mourning
Matthew 6:17
but whenever you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face:
General references
Luke 7:46
you did not bestow any oil upon my head; but she has poured her rich perfume upon my feet.