World English Bible
"Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom."
— 2 Samuel 14:1, World English Bible
“Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.”
“Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom. ”
“David Permits Absalom to Return to Jerusalem Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see Absalom.”
“And Joab the son of Sarvia, understanding that the king's heart was turned to Absalom,”
“Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.”
“Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.”
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, "Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
Go in to the king, and speak like this to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, "Help, O king!"