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19 So the king said, “Is Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or left from anything my lord the king has said. Yes, it was your servant Joab who told me to do this. It was he who put all these words in the mouth of your woman servant. 20 Your servant Joab has done this to change the way things are now. But my lord is wise like the angel of God, to know all that is on the earth.”

21 Then the king said to Joab, “See now, I will do this. Go and bring back the young man Absalom.”

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