2 Samuel 20:15-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ So Joab and his men came to Abel Beth Maacah and ·surrounded [besieged] it. They ·piled dirt up [built a siege ramp] against the city wall, and they began ·hacking at [battering; undermining] the walls to bring them down.

¹⁶ But a wise woman shouted out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here. I want to talk to him!”

¹⁷ So Joab came near her. She asked him, “Are you Joab?”

He answered, “Yes, I am.”

Then she said, “Listen to ·what I say [^Lthe words of your maidservant].”

Joab said, “I’m listening.”