Of Joab — Hast thou not said and done this by Joab's direction. Said — It is even so, thou hast discovered the truth. These words — As to the substance of them, but not as to all the expressions; for these were to be varied as the king's answer gave occasion.
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2 Samuel 14:19
19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: