2 Samuel 14:1-4 ▼

1 Meanwhile, Zeruiah's son Joab knew that the king's attention was focused on Absalom,

2 so he sent messengers to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, |Please play the role of a mourner, wear the clothes of a mourner, and refrain from using makeup. Act like a woman who's been in mourning for the dead for many days.

3 Then go to the king and speak to him like this...| Then Joab told her what to say.

4 When the woman from Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, prostrating herself to address him, |Help, your majesty!|