¹⁵ You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth;^(A) I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do.

¹⁹ The king asked, “Isn’t the hand of Joab^(A) with you in all this?”

The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant.