2 Samuel 20:14-18

2 Samuel 20:14-18

[14] And he went  through all the tribes  of Israel  unto Abel,  and to Bethmaachah,  and all the Berites:  and went  also after  him. [15] And they came  and besieged  him in Abel  of Bethmaachah,  and they cast up  a bank  against the city,  and it stood  in the trench:  and all the people  that were with Joab  battered  the wall,  to throw it down.  [16] Then cried  a wise  woman  out of the city,  Hear,  say,  I pray you, unto Joab,  Come near  hither, that I may speak  [17] And when he was come near  unto her, the woman  said,  Art thou Joab?  And he answered,  unto him, Hear  the words  of thine handmaid.  And he answered,  I do hear.  [18] Then she spake,  They were wont  in old time,  saying,  They shall surely  counsel at Abel:  and so they ended