Go to the king and speak these words to him.” Then Joab told her exactly what to say.[a]

When the woman from Tekoa came[b] to the king, she fell facedown to the ground, paid homage,(A) and said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”

“What’s the matter?” the king asked her.

“Sadly, I am a widow; my husband died,” she said.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:3 Lit Joab put the words into her mouth
  2. 14:4 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read spoke

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