Thematic Bible: Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands


Thematic Bible



So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days; Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilBereavement, Expression OfMourningOintmentUnhappinessAnointing OneselfPretendingDistinctive Clothing

So she removed her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gateway of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife. Verse ConceptsClothing, Kinds OfGrowing UpClothing OneselfPeople Stripping OffSitting In The GatewaydisguisesUsing RoadsDistinctive ClothingGiving In Marriage

Then she arose and departed, and removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments. Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping OffDistinctive Clothing

The king said to her, “What is your trouble?” And she answered, “Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead. Verse ConceptsActual Widows