2 Samuel 14:2

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

Matthew 6:17

General references

2 Samuel 20:16

Luke 7:46

Bible References

Mourning

When Uriah’s wife [Bathsheba] heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.

So wash and anoint yourself [with olive oil], then put on your [best] clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but stay out of the man’s sight until he has finished eating and drinking.

And wine which makes the heart of man glad,
So that he may make his face glisten with oil,
And bread to sustain and strengthen man’s heart.

Let your clothes always be white [with purity], and do not let the oil [of gladness] be lacking on your head.

But when you fast, put oil on your head [as you normally would to groom your hair] and wash your face

General references

Then a wise woman cried out from the city, “Hear, hear! Tell Joab, ‘Come here so that I may speak to you.’”

You did not [even] anoint My head with [ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with [costly and rare] perfume.