kjv 2Samuel:20:16-22 SEEK
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Then cried a wise woman out of the city ,
Hear ,
hear ;
say ,
I pray you ,
unto Joab ,
Come near hither ,
that I may speak with thee .
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And when he was come near unto her ,
the woman said ,
Art thou Joab ?
And he answered ,
I am he .
Then she said unto him ,
Hear the words of thine handmaid .
And he answered ,
I do hear .
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Then she spake ,
saying ,
They were wont to speak in old time ,
saying ,
They shall surely ask counsel at Abel :
and so they ended the matter .
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I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel :
thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel :
why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD ?
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And Joab answered and said ,
Far be it ,
far be it from me ,
that I should swallow up or destroy .
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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 ,
Behold ,
his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall .
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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 .
And he blew a trumpet ,
and they retired from the city ,
every man to his tent .
And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king .