2 Samuel 14:3 DBY

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

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

³  and come to the king, and speak after this manner to him. And Joab put the words into her mouth.

⁴  And the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, and she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, Save, O king!

⁵  And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.