2 Samuel 20:16-18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ a wise woman called out from the city, ‘Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here and let me speak with him.’

¹⁷ When he had come near her, the woman asked, ‘Are you Joab? ’

‘I am,’ he replied.

‘Listen to the words of your servant,’ she said to him.

He answered, ‘I’m listening.’

¹⁸ She said, ‘In the past they used to say, “Seek counsel in Abel,” and that’s how they settled disputes.