1 And Yo’aḇ son of Tseruyah knew that the heart of the sovereign was towards Aḇshalom.
2 And Yo’aḇ sent to Teqowa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead.
3 “Then you shall go to the sovereign and speak to him according to this word.” And Yo’aḇ put the words in her mouth.
4 And when the woman of Teqowa spoke to the sovereign, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, “Save, O sovereign!”
5 And the sovereign said to her, “What is your trouble?” And she answered, “Truly I am a widow, my husband is dead.