2 Samuel 14:1-2

World English Bible

14 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom. ² Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.