2 Samuel 20:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸ She continued, “Long ago people used to say, ‘Get your answer at Abel.’ And that would settle the matter. ¹⁹ We are the most peaceful and faithful people in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow up what belongs to the Lord?”

²⁰ “I would never do anything like that!” Joab said. “I would never swallow up or destroy what belongs to the Lord!