2 Samuel 14:4-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ When the woman from Tekoa came^[a] to the king, she fell face down to the ground, paid homage,^(A) and said, ‘Help me, Your Majesty! ’

⁵ ‘What’s the matter? ’ the king asked her.

‘Sadly, I am a widow; my husband died,’ she said.^{(B) 6} ‘Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.