1. Joab son of Zeruiah knew that King David missed Absalom very much.
2. So Joab sent messengers to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. Joab said to this wise woman, “Please pretend to be very sad. Put on sackcloth. Don’t dress up. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone who died.
3. Go to the king and talk to him using these words that I tell you.” Then Joab told the wise woman what to say.