Font Size
2 Samuel 14:4-6
New International Version
2 Samuel 14:4-6
New International Version
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. 6 I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts spoke
2 Samuel 14:4-6
New American Standard Bible
2 Samuel 14:4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 Now when the woman of Tekoa [a]spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and (A)prostrated herself, and said, “(B)Help, O king!” 5 And the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” And she [b]answered, “Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead. 6 And your servant had two sons, but the two of them fought in the field, and there was no [c]one to save [d]them from each other, so one struck the other and killed him.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:4 Many mss and ancient versions came
- 2 Samuel 14:5 Lit said
- 2 Samuel 14:6 Lit deliverer between
- 2 Samuel 14:6 Lit between them
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.
New American Standard Bible (NASB) 
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.