nkjv 2Samuel:20:16-22 SEEK
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Then a wise woman cried out from the city , "
Hear ,
hear !
Please say to Joab , "
Come nearby ,
that I may speak with you ."'
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When he had come near to her ,
the woman said , "
Are you Joab ?"
He answered , "
I am ."
Then she said to him , "
Hear the words of your maidservant ."
And he answered , "
I am listening ."
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So she spoke ,
saying , "
They used to talk in former times ,
saying , "
They shall surely seek guidance at Abel ,'
and so they would end disputes .
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I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel .
You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel .
Why would you 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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That is not so .
But a man from the mountains of Ephraim ,
Sheba the son of Bichri by name ,
has raised his hand against the king ,
against David .
Deliver him only ,
and I will depart from the city ."
So the woman said to Joab , "
Watch ,
his head will be thrown to you over the wall ."
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Then the woman in her wisdom went to all the people .
And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri ,
and threw it out to Joab .
Then he blew a trumpet ,
and they withdrew from the city ,
every man to his tent .
So Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem .