2Samuel:20:16-22

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* Then cried a wise woman out of the city , Hear , hear ; say , I pray you , unto Joab Yow #ab #, Come near hither , that I may speak with thee . * And when he was come near unto her , the woman said , Art thou Joab Yow #ab #? And he answered , I am he . Then she said unto him , Hear the words of thine handmaid . And he answered , I do hear . * Then she spake , saying , They were wont to speak in old time ri #shown #, saying , They shall surely ask counsel at Abel : and so they ended the matter . * I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel Yisra #el #: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel Yisra #el #: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD ? * And Joab answered and said , Far be it , far be it from me , that I should swallow up or destroy . * The matter is not so : but a man of mount Ephraim , Sheba the son of Bichri by name , hath lifted up his hand against the king , even against David : deliver him only , and I will depart from the city . And the woman said unto Joab Yow #ab #, Behold , his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall . * Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom . And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri , and cast it out to Joab Yow #ab #. And he blew a trumpet , and they retired from the city , every man to his tent . And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king .

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