Catholic Public Domain Version
"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. "
— 2 Samuel 14:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And 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 slew him.”
“And 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. ”
“Your handmaid 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.”
“Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.”
“And thy handmaid had two sons: and they quarrelled with each other in the field, and there was none to part them: and the one struck the other, and slew him.”
“And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.”
“And 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 slew him.”
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.”
And the king said to the woman, “Go to your own house, and I will make a decree on your behalf.”
And the woman of Tekoa said to the king: “May the iniquity be upon me, my lord, and upon the house of my father. But may the king and his throne be innocent.”