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
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah had died, she mourned for him.
Ruth 3:3
Wash, put on perfumed oil, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
Psalm 104:15
wine that makes man’s heart glad—
making his face shine with oil—
and bread that sustains man’s heart.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your clothes be white all the time, and never let oil be lacking on your head.
Matthew 6:17
But when you fast, put oil on your head, and wash your face,

General references

2 Samuel 20:16
a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here and let me speak with him.”
Luke 7:46
You didn’t anoint My head with olive oil, but she has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

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