2 Samuel 20:18 DBY

¹⁶  And a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

¹⁷  And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I [am he]. And she said to him, Listen to the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I am listening.

¹⁸  And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

¹⁹  I am peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

²⁰  And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.