Catholic Public Domain Version
"And so, when the woman of Tekoa had entered to the king, she fell before him on the ground, and she reverenced, and she said, “Save me, O king.” "
— 2 Samuel 14:4, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“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. ”
“When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, "Help, O king!"”
“So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said,“Please help me, O king!””
“And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the king, she fell before him upon the ground, and worshipped, and said: Save me, O king.”
“And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.”
“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.”
Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, understood that the heart of the king had been turned toward Absalom,
so he sent to Tekoa, and he brought from there a wise woman. And he said to her: “Feign that you are in mourning, and put on the clothing of one who mourns. And do not anoint yourself with oil, so that you may be like a woman who is still grieving for someone who died some time ago.
And you shall enter to the king, and you shall speak words to him in this manner.” Then Joab put the words in her mouth.
And so, when the woman of Tekoa had entered to the king, she fell before him on the ground, and she reverenced, and she said, “Save me, O king.”
And the king said to her, “What problem do you have?” And she responded: “Alas, I am a woman who is a widow. For my husband has died.
And your handmaid had two sons. And they quarreled against one another in the field. And there was no one there who would be able to stop them. And one struck the other, and killed him.
And behold, the whole family, rising up against your handmaid, said: ‘Deliver him who struck down his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and so that we may do away with the heir.’ And they are seeking to extinguish my spark that is left, so that there may not survive a name for my husband, nor a remnant upon the earth.”