2 Samuel 14:2-4

Holman Christian Standard Bible

² So Joab sent someone to Tekoa^(A) to bring a clever^(B) woman from there. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil.^(C) Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time. ³ Go to the king and speak these words to him.” Then Joab told her exactly what to say.

⁴ When the woman from Tekoa came^[a] to the king, she fell with her face to the ground in homage and said, “Help me, my king!”