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

And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.

So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.

And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.

But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;

General references

Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.

You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.