2 Samuel 20:16-18

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁶ Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear! Hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come here, so that I may speak with you.’”

¹⁷ And when he came near to her, the woman said, “Are you Joab?” And he answered, “Yes.” And she said to him, “Hear the words of your handmaid.” And he answered, “I do hear.”

¹⁸ Then she spoke this: “They spoke in the old time, saying, ‘They should ask of Abel.’ And so, they have continued.