2 Samuel 14:4-6

English Standard Version

⁴ When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, ^(A)she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, ^(B)“Save me, O king.” ⁵ And the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, ^(C)“Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead. ⁶ And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.