2 Samuel 20:17-19

Common English Bible

¹⁷ So Joab approached her, and the woman said, “Are you Joab?”

“I am,” he answered.

“Pay close attention to the words of your female servant,” she said.

“I’m listening,” Joab replied.

¹⁸ She said, “People used to say long ago: ‘Ask your question at Abel,’ and that settled the matter. ¹⁹ I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to kill a city that is one of Israel’s mothers! Why would you annihilate the Lord’s inheritance?”