2 Samuel 20:16-18

Contemporary English Version

A Wise Woman Saves the Town

¹⁶ A wise woman shouted from the top of the wall,^[a] “Listen to me! Listen to me! I have to talk to Joab! Tell him to come here!” ¹⁷ When he came, the woman said, “Are you Joab?”

“Yes, I am,” he answered.

She said, “Please, listen to what I have to say.”

“All right,” he said. “I'll listen.”

¹⁸ She said, “Long ago people used to say, ‘If you want good advice, go to the town of Abel to get it.’ The answers they got here were all that was needed to settle any problem.