2 Samuel 14:1-4 ▼

1 And Joab son of Zeruiah knew that the heart of the king was on Absalom.

2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and he brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner, please, and put on now mourning apparel, and do not anoint yourself with oil, and act like a woman these many days mourning for the dead.

3 And go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.

4 And the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, and she fell on her nose to the ground, and bowed low, and said, “Save me, O king.”