2 Samuel 14:2-4

Evangelical Heritage Version

² So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there. He said to her, “Please act like a mourner and wear mourning clothes. Do not anoint yourself with lotion. Make it look as if you are a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time. ³ Go to the king and tell him whatever I tell you to say.” Then Joab put the words in her mouth.

⁴ The woman from Tekoa spoke to the king. She fell down with her face to the ground. She bowed down and said, “Help me, O King.”