13. After Amasa had been removed from the road, everyone went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.
14. Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maakah and through the entire region of the Bikrites, who gathered together and followed him.
15. All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maakah. They built a siege ramp up to the city, and it stood against the outer fortifications. While they were battering the wall to bring it down,
16. a wise woman called from the city, ‘Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so that I can speak to him.’