2 Samuel 14:2-4

2So Joab sent a messenger to 1Tekoa and 2brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please follow mourning rites, and put on mourning garments now, and do not 3anoint yourself with oil but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for many days. 3Then go to the king and speak to him in this way.” So Joab put 4the words in her mouth.

4Now when the woman of Tekoa 5spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and 6prostrated herself, and said, “7Help, O king!”