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:
General references
Bible References
Mourning
2 Samuel 11:26
Now when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
Ruth 3:3
Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself and put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
Psalm 104:15 And wine which makes man’s heart glad,
So that he may make his face glisten with oil,
Andfood which sustains man’s heart.
And
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your clothes be white all the time, and let not oil be lacking on your head.
Matthew 6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face
General references
2 Samuel 20:16
Then a wise woman called from the city, “Hear, hear! Please tell Joab, ‘Come here that I may speak with you.’”
Luke 7:46 You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.