2 Samuel 20:15-17

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁵ Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel of Beth-maacah. They built a siege ramp^(A) against the outer wall of the city. While all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to make it collapse, ¹⁶ a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here and let me speak with him.”

¹⁷ When he had come near her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?”

“I am,” he replied.

“Listen to the words of your servant,” she said to him.

He answered, “I’m listening.”