1. Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
2. And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought an astute woman from there and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner and put on mourning apparel and do not anoint thyself with oil, but be as a woman that has mourned for a long time for someone who is dead