2 Samuel 14:4-6

EasyEnglish Bible

⁴ So the woman from Tekoa went to the king. She bent her body down low with her face towards the ground. She gave honour to the king. Then she said, ‘Please help me, sir!’

⁵ The king asked her, ‘What is your trouble?’^[a]

She said, ‘My husband is dead, sir, and I am a widow. ⁶ I had two sons. One day, they were fighting in the fields. There was nobody near to stop them. One son knocked down the other son and killed him.