King James Version
2 Samuel 14:1 in the King James Version says “Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.”
2 Samuel 14:1 · KJV
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“perceived”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“was toward Absalom”
H53abshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite
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