¹⁹ Then she arose and went away, and taking off ^(A)her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.

¹⁴ she took off her widow's garments ^(A)and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to ^(B)Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, ^(C)and she had not been given to him in marriage.

⁵ And the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, ^(A)“Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.

² And Joab sent to ^(A)Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. ^(B)Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.