2 Samuel 14:2-5 ▼

2 So Joab sent someone to Tekoa to bring a wise 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 facedown to the ground, paid homage, and said, “Help me, Your Majesty! ”

5 “What’s the matter? ” the king asked her. “Sadly, I am a widow; my husband died,” she said.