2 Samuel 14:1-3

Revised Geneva Translation

14 Then Joab, the son of Zeruiah, perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

² And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a cunning woman there, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel. Do not anoint yourself with oil but be as a woman who has now mourned for the dead a long time.

³ “Go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” For Joab told her what she should say.