When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.(2 Samuel 20:13)

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.(2 Samuel 20:14)

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.(2 Samuel 20:15)

Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.(2 Samuel 20:17)

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.(2 Samuel 20:18)

I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?(2 Samuel 20:19)

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2 Samuel 20:16 - Cross Reference

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: (Ecclesiastes 9:14)

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. (1 Samuel 25:3)

And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: (1 Samuel 25:32)

And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: (2 Samuel 14:2)