After three years, David finally stopped mourning
for Amnon. Then he started to miss his son
Absalom. Still, he wouldn’t ask him to return
from hiding.
Joab noticed this, so he hired a woman who
was good at acting. He told her to go to the
king, and he gave her the words she should say.
She went before David dressed in clothes of
mourning. She bowed before him and said, “Help
me, my king.”
David said, “Tell me your problem.”
“I only had two sons after my husband
died. Recently they got into a fight and no one
stopped them. Soon, one killed the other one.
Now my family says I’m to give them the only
son I have left. They say he must die because
he’s a murderer. My king, this would remove my
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