2 Samuel 20:17

Contemporary English Version 1995

When he came, the woman said, “Are you Joab?” “Yes, I am,” he answered. She said, “Please, listen to what I have to say.” “All right,” he said. “I'll listen.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:12

Then she asked, “Your Majesty, may I say something?” “Yes,” he answered.

1 Samuel 25:24

Then she said: Sir, please let me explain!

2 Samuel 20:16

A wise woman shouted from the top of the wall, “Listen to me! Listen to me! I have to talk to Joab! Tell him to come here!”

2 Samuel 20:18

She said, “Long ago people used to say, ‘If you want good advice, go to the town of Abel to get it.’ The answers they got here were all that was needed to settle any problem.