1. Joab knew that King David missed Absalom very much,
2. so he sent for a clever woman who lived in Tekoa. When she arrived, he said to her, “Pretend that you are in mourning; put on your mourning clothes, and don't comb your hair. Act like a woman who has been in mourning for a long time.
3. Then go to the king and say to him what I tell you to say.” Then Joab told her what to say.