2 Samuel 14:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ And the king said to her: What is the matter with thee? She answered: Alas, I am a widow woman: for my husband is dead.

⁶ 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.

⁷ And behold the whole kindred rising against thy handmaid, saith: Deliver him that hath slain his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he slew, and that we may destroy the heir: and they seek to quench my spark which is left, and will leave my husband no name, nor remainder upon the earth.