In Context

1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was towards Absalom.

2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and brought thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

3 And come to the king, and speak in this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

2 Samuel 14:1 in Other Translations