Joab went to talk with the woman. The woman asked him, “Are you Joab?”
The woman said, “My lord and king, please let me say something else to you.”
But there was a very wise woman in that city. She shouted out from the city. She said, “Listen to me! Tell Joab to come here. I want to talk with him.”
Then the woman said, “In the past people would say, ‘Ask for help in Abel and you will get what you need.’
Abigail lay at David’s feet and said, “Sir, please let me talk to you. Listen to what I say. Blame me for what happened.