2 Samuel 20:17
And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, you Joab? And he answered, I . Then she said unto him, Hear the words of your handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
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15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with you.
17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, you Joab? And he answered, I . Then she said unto him, Hear the words of your handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask at Abel: and so they ended .
19 I peaceable faithful in Israel: you seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of the Yahuah?