So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.(2 Samuel 13:38)

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.(2 Samuel 13:39)

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.(2 Samuel 14:1)

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:

And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.(2 Samuel 14:3)

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.(2 Samuel 14:4)

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.(2 Samuel 14:5)

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2 Samuel 14:2 - Cross Reference

Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. (2 Samuel 12:20)

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. (Psalm 104:15)

And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. (2 Chronicles 20:20)

O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. (Jeremiah 6:1)

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; (Matthew 6:17)

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. (Amos 1:1)

And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. (2 Samuel 11:26)

He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, (2 Chronicles 11:6)

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD. (Nehemiah 3:5)

Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. (Ruth 3:3)

After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. (Nehemiah 3:27)

Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. (Ecclesiastes 9:8)