The Handmaid of Tkoa Said, I Will Speak to the King

The woman of Tkoa said to the king, Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king. He said, If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me and he shall never touch you again. Then she said, Please let the king invoke the lord your god, that the avenger of blood slay no more, and my son be not destroyed. The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all of this? She answered: As surely as you live my lord the King will set me at rest. So Absalom dwelt apart in his own house and did not come into the king's presence. They forgave David two