2 Samuel 14:3-6

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^2-3 he sent for a woman of Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom and told her to ask for an appointment with the king. He told her what to say to him.

“Pretend you are in mourning,” Joab instructed her. “Wear mourning clothes, and dishevel your hair as though you have been in deep sorrow for a long time.”

⁴ When the woman approached the king, she fell face downward on the floor in front of him, and cried out, “O king! Help me!”

^5-6 “What’s the trouble?” he asked.

“I am a widow,” she replied, “and my two sons had a fight out in the field, and since no one was there to part them, one of them was killed.