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 when thou keepest a fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

General references

Luke 7:46
My head with oil thou hast not anointed; but she hath anointed my feet with odoriferous balm.