2 Samuel 20:16-18

Young's Literal Translation

¹⁶ And a wise woman calleth out of the city, `Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.'

¹⁷ And he cometh near unto her, and the woman saith, `Art thou Joab?' and he saith, `I [am].' And she saith to him, `Hear the words of thy handmaid;' and he saith, `I am hearing.'

¹⁸ and she speaketh, saying, `They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.