He went toward her, and she asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he answered. She said, “Listen to what your servant has to say.” “I’m listening,” he said.
Then the woman said, “Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” “Speak,” he replied.
a wise woman called from the city, “Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so I can speak to him.”
She continued, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Get your answer at Abel,’ and that settled it.
She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say.