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2 Samuel 14:4

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When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”

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2 Samuel 14:4 in other translations

And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

2 Samuel 14:4 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 14:4 in context

  1. 2Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
  2. 3Go in to the king, and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
  3. 4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”
  4. 5The king said to her, “What ails you?”
    She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
  5. 6Your servant had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.