18 And she speaketh, saying, ‘They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.

19 I [am] of the peaceable — faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of JEHOVAH?

20 And Joab answereth and saith, ‘Far be it — far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.