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

¹⁴ she put off her widow’s garments, put on a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah was grown up, yet she had not been given to him in marriage.^(A)

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

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