17Then let thy handmaid say, that the word of the Lord the king be made as a sacrifice. For even as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, that he is neither moved with blessing nor cursing: wherefore the Lord thy God is also with thee.
2 Samuel 14 presents a masterclass in manipulation wrapped in a parable. Joab, seeing David still estranged from his son Absalom after the Amnon affair, devises a scheme. He recruits a wise woman from Tekoa to pose as a grieving widow and present a fictional case to the king. Her
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