2 Samuel 14:2 ASV

¹  Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

²  And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

³  and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

⁴  And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.