2 Samuel 14:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Samuel 14:4

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Berean Standard Bible

When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Samuel 14

² So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

³ Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.

⁴ When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

⁵ “What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

⁶ And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

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