18 Then the king said to the woman, "Do not hide anything I ask you." The woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."
19 The king asked, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all of this?" The woman answered, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, it is true. Your servant Joab instructed me and put all these words into the mouth of your servant."
20 Joab did this to shape the course of events, but my lord the king is as wise as an angel of God in knowing everything that happens in the land."
21 The king said to Joab, "Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom."