2 Samuel 20:16-22

2 Samuel 20:16-22

[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  [19] 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?  [20] And Joab  answered  and said,  Far be it,  from me, that I should swallow up  or destroy.  [21] 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  from the city.  And the woman  said  unto Joab,  Behold, his head  shall be thrown  to thee over  the wall.  [22] 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.