¹⁶ Then a wise woman called from the city, “Listen! I beg you, tell Joab to come here that I may speak with him.” ¹⁷ So he came to her, and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Listen to the words of your woman servant.” And he answered, “I am listening.” ¹⁸ Then she said, “In the past they used to say, ‘Let them ask for words of wisdom at Abel.’ And so they would stop fighting.