2 Samuel 20:18-20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁸ And she again said: A saying was used in the old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in Abela: and so they made an end.

¹⁹ Am not I she that answer truth in Israel, and thou seekest to destroy the city, and to overthrow a mother in Israel? Why wilt thou throw down the inheritance of the Lord?

²⁰ And Joab answering said: God forbid, God forbid that I should, I do not throw down, nor destroy.