2 Samuel 20:14-26 - Wisdom From A Woman Under Siege

¹⁴ And he will pass through in all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to the house of oppression, and all the Berites: and they will be called together, and they will go also after him. ¹⁵ And they will come and besiege against him in Abel of the house of oppression, and they will pour out a mound against the city, and it will stand in the fortification: and all the people which were with Joab laying waste to throw down the wall. ¹⁶ And a wise woman will call out of the city, Hear ye, hear ye; say now to Joab, Come near hither and I will speak to you.

¹⁷ And he will draw near to her, and the woman will say, Art thou Joab? and he will say, I. And she will say to him, Hear the words of thy servant And he will say, I hear.

¹⁸ And she will say, saying, They will speak the word in the beginning, saying, They will ask an asking in Abel: and thus they finished. ¹⁹ I peaceful of the faithful of Israel: thou seeking to kill a city and a mother in Israel: wherefore wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

²⁰ And Joab will say, Far be it, far be it to me, if I shall swallow up and if I shall destroy. ²¹ Not thus the word; for a man from mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri, his name, lifted up his hand against the king, against David: ye shall give him only, and I will go from the city. And the woman will say to Joab, Behold, his head being cast to thee behind the wall. ²² And the woman will go to all the people in her wisdom: and they will cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and cast to Joab. And he will strike upon the trumpet, and they will disperse from the city, a man to his tent. And Joab turned back to Jerusalem to the king.

²³ And Joab over all the army of Israel: and Benaiah, son of Jehoida, over the Cherethites, and over the Pelethites. ²⁴ And Adoniram over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, calling to mind: ²⁵ And Sheva the scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar the priests. ²⁶ And also Ira the Jairite was priest to David.