Sinai2 Samuel 14:4
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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2 Samuel 14:4 in other translations
When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”
2 Samuel 14:4 in context
- 2And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:
- 3and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
- 4And 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.
- 5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
- 6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.