2 Samuel 20:16-18

Expanded Bible

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.”

¹⁸ Then the woman said, “In the past people would say, ‘·Ask for advice [Let them inquire] at Abel,’ and the problem would be solved.