2 Samuel 20:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

a wise woman called out from the city, ‘Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here and let me speak with him.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent someone to Tekoa  to bring a wise  woman from there. He told her, ‘Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil.  Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

1 Samuel 25:3

The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite,  was harsh and evil in his dealings.

2 Samuel 20:17

When he had come near her, the woman asked, ‘Are you Joab? ’ ‘I am,’ he replied. ‘Listen to the words of your servant,’ she said to him. He answered, ‘I’m listening.’

2 Samuel 20:22

The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel,  and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

Daniel 2:14

Then Daniel responded with tact and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard,  , who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.