1. Joab, Zeruiah’s son, knew the king was still thinking about Absalom.
2. So Joab sent ⌊someone⌋ to Tekoa to get a clever woman from there. He told her, “Please act like a mourner, and dress in mourning clothes. Don’t rub olive oil on yourself, but act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
3. Go to the king, and tell him this. . . .” Then Joab told her exactly what to say.