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

⁴ And when the woman of Tekoa ^[a]spoke to the king, she ^(A)fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, ^(B)“Help, O king!”

²⁸ crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man ^(A)who teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

³ Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ^[a]‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’