2 Samuel 20:16-18

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁶ Then a clever woman called from the city, “Listen, listen! Tell Joab to come here so that I can talk to him.”

¹⁷ He came near, and she asked, “Are you Joab?”

“I am,” he answered.

“Listen to what I have to say,” she told him.

“I’m listening,” he answered.

¹⁸ So she said, “There’s an old saying: ‘Be sure to ask at Abel ⌞before doing anything⌟. That’s the way they settle matters.’