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2 Samuel 14 · Grade 3

A Wise Woman's Story

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Read the Story

Joab saw that the king's heart was toward Absalom. So he sent for a wise woman from Tekoa. He told her to dress like a woman in mourning and tell the king a story.

She said she was a widow. One of her two sons had killed the other in a fight, and her family wanted to kill the son who was left. The king promised to protect him. Then she asked why the king would not bring back his own banished son. She said God devises means so that the banished is not an outcast from Him.

David saw that Joab was behind this. Still, he told Joab to bring Absalom back. Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem without seeing the king's face. Then Joab took the matter to the king, and David called for Absalom and kissed him.

Memory Verse

“For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.”

2 Samuel 14:14 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What did Joab see?

  2. Where was the wise woman from?

  3. What did the king promise the woman?

  4. What does God devise, according to the woman?

  5. How long did Absalom live in Jerusalem without seeing the king?

A Way Back Home

Write what happened in each box.

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making a way back to You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How was the woman's story like Nathan's story?
  • Why do you think Absalom set the field on fire?

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