2 Samuel 14:2-4 ▼

2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, |Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don't anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.

3 Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.| Then Joab told her what to say.

4 So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, |Please help me, O king!|