{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_sa2014_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_sa2014_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_sa2014_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/sa2014.htm","summary":"This is a parallel-text presentation of 2 Samuel 14 from the Hebrew Bible, displaying the King James Version (with embedded Strong's concordance numbers) alongside the Greek Septuagint (LXX). The chapter narrates Joab's political maneuver to reconcile King David with his exiled son Absalom: Joab coaches a \"wise woman\" from Tekoa to approach David with a fabricated story about a widow whose remaining son faces death at the hands of her family, mirroring David's own situation with Absalom. The woman's parable draws from David a promise of protection, then pivots to challenge him with the logic that God himself devises ways to restore the banished \u2014 implicitly rebuking David for keeping Absalom in exile. David, seeing through the ruse but moved by it, grants Joab permission to fetch Absalom from Geshur, though he refuses to grant a full audience for two more years. The chapter closes with Absalom \u2014 described as strikingly handsome and physically flawless \u2014 burning Joab's barley field to force a meeting, which ultimately leads to David kissing Absalom and restoring the relationship. The distinctive feature of this presentation is its textual-scholarly format: the KJV is interspersed with Strong's Hebrew lexicon numbers, making it a study tool for comparing the source text with both major ancient translations rather than a devotional or narrative reading.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: 2 Samuel: 2 Samuel 14","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":3639}