2 Samuel 14:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Samuel 14:5

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

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WEB

World English Bible

The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Samuel 14

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.

⁷ Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

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