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14 Now he went through all the tribes of Israel, to Abel and Beth-Maacah. All the Berites gathered together and indeed followed him. 15 They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-Maacah and cast up a siege ramp against the city. It stood against the outer fortification and all the people with Joab battered the wall in order to topple it.

16 Then a wise woman cried out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come over here that I may speak with him.”

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