1. Joab knew that King David missed Absalom very much,
2. so he sent for a clever woman who lived in Tekoa. When she arrived, he said to her, “Pretend that you are in mourning; put on your mourning clothes, and don't comb your hair. Act like a woman who has been in mourning for a long time.
3. Then go to the king and say to him what I tell you to say.” Then Joab told her what to say.
4. The woman went to the king, bowed down to the ground in respect, and said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”