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:
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Bible References
Mourning
2 Samuel 11:26
And, when Uriah's wife heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made loud lamentation over her lord.
Ruth 3:3
Thou wilt, therefore, bathe thee, and anoint thee, and put thine apparel upon thee, and go down to the threshing-floor, - do not make thyself known to the man, until he have done eating and drinking.
Psalm 104:15
And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well-nourished face, - And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Continually, let thy garments be white, - and, ointment upon thy bead, let it not be lacking.
Matthew 6:17
But, when, thou, art fasting, anoint thy head, and, thy face, wash, -
General references
2 Samuel 20:16
Then cried a wise woman out of the city, - Hear ye! hear ye! I pray you, say unto Joab, Come near hither, and let me speak unto thee.
Luke 7:46
With oil, my head, thou didst not anoint, - but, she, with perfume, hath anointed, my feet.