2 Samuel 14:3-5
New English Translation
3 Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say.[a]
4 So the Tekoan woman went[b] to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, “Please help me,[c] O king!” 5 The king replied to her, “What do you want?”[d] She answered, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.
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- 2 Samuel 14:3 tn Heb “put the words in her mouth” (so NASB, NIV).
- 2 Samuel 14:4 tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַתַּבֹא (vattavoʾ, “and she went”) rather than the MT וַתֹּאמֶר (vattoʾmer, “and she said”). The MT reading shows confusion with וַתֹּאמֶר later in the verse. The emendation suggested here is supported by the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, some mss of the Targum, and Vulgate.
- 2 Samuel 14:4 tn The word “me” is left to be inferred in the Hebrew text; it is present in the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate.
- 2 Samuel 14:5 tn Heb “What to you?”
2 Samuel 14:3-5
New International Version
3 Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab(A) put the words in her mouth.
4 When the woman from Tekoa went[a] to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”
5 The king asked her, “What is troubling you?”
She said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts spoke
2 Samuel 14:3-5
King James Version
3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
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