2 Samuel 14:1-4 ▼

1 Joab son of Zeruiah observed that the king’s mind was on Absalom.

2 So Joab sent someone to Tekoa to bring a clever woman from there. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

3 Go to the king and speak these words to him.” Then Joab told her exactly what to say.

4 When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell with her face to the ground in homage and said, “Help me, my king!|”