2 Samuel 14:3-5

Good News Translation

³ Then go to the king and say to him what I tell you to say.” Then Joab told her what to say.

⁴ The woman went to the king, bowed down to the ground in respect, and said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”

⁵ “What do you want?” he asked her.

“I am a poor widow, sir,” she answered. “My husband is dead.