2 Samuel 20:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ Just then a wise woman called out from the city. “Attention!” she said, “Go tell Joab ‘Come here! I want to talk to you!’” ¹⁷ Joab came over and the woman asked him, “Are you Joab?”

“I am,” he answered.

So she told him, “Listen to what your servant has to say!”

“I’m listening,” he replied.

¹⁸ So she said, “In days past, people used to settle a dispute by saying ‘Let’s ask for advice at Abel!’