2 Samuel 14:1-4

Joab, Zeruiah’s son, knew the king was still thinking about Absalom. So Joab sent ⌞someone⌟ to Tekoa to get a clever woman from there. He told her, “Please act like a mourner, and dress in mourning clothes. Don’t rub olive oil on yourself, but act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time. Go to the king, and tell him this. …” Then Joab told her exactly what to say. The woman from Tekoa came  to the king and immediately bowed down with her face touching the ground. “Help ⌞me⌟, Your Majesty,” she said.