And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
David asked the woman from Tekoa what her trouble was, and she replied that she was truly a widowed woman whose husband had died. That question and answer belonged to the staged appeal Joab arranged in order to move David toward reconciling with Absalom. Through Joab's intervention, Absalom was reconciled to David on two separate occasions. The restored confidence that reconciliation created was afterward betrayed by Absalom in rebellion.
David asked the woman from Tekoa what her trouble was, and she replied that she was truly a widowed woman whose husband had died. That question and answer belonged to the staged appeal Joab arranged in order to move David toward reconciling with Absalom. Through Joab's intervention, Absalom was reconciled to David on two separate occasions. The restored confidence that reconciliation created was afterward betrayed by Absalom in rebellion.