²⁶ Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”

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.”

²⁸ crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who ^(A)is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and ^(B)the law and ^(C)this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and ^(D)has defiled ^(E)this holy place.”

³ And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’