2 Samuel 14:2-4

GOD’S WORD Translation

² So Joab sent ⌞someone⌟ to Tekoa to get a clever woman from there. He told her, “Please act like a mourner, and dress in mourning clothes. Don’t rub olive oil on yourself,^[a] but act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time. ³ Go to the king, and tell him this. …” Then Joab told her exactly what to say.

⁴ The woman from Tekoa came ^[b] to the king and immediately bowed down with her face touching the ground. “Help ⌞me⌟, Your Majesty,” she said.