A Wise Woman of Abel — 2 Samuel 20:14–17
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
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.
And he came near unto her; and the woman said,
Art thou Joab?
And he answered,
I am.
Then she said unto him,
Hear the words of thy handmaid.
And he answered,
I do hear.