2 Samuel 14:3-5

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³ Go to the king and speak to him as follows.” And Joab put the words into her mouth.

⁴ When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, “Help, O king!” ⁵ The king asked her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.