2 Samuel 20:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:2

and he sent someone to bring in the wise woman who lived in Tekoa. Joab told her, “Put on funeral clothes and don't use any make up. Go to the king and pretend you have spent a long time mourning the death of a loved one.” Then he told her what to say.

2 Samuel 20:17

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.”

2 Samuel 20:22

She went to the people of the town and talked them into doing it. They cut off Sheba's head and threw it to Joab. Joab blew a signal on his trumpet, and the soldiers returned to their homes. Joab went back to David in Jerusalem.

Daniel 2:14

Arioch was the king's official in charge of putting the wise men to death. He was on his way to have it done, when Daniel very wisely went to him