World English Bible
"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."
— 2 Samuel 14:6, World English Bible
“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 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.”
Go in to the king, and speak like this to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
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!"
The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
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.
Behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, 'Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.' Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth."
The king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."
The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless."