2 Samuel by Samuel — Read

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart [was inclined] toward Absalom.

So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;