2 Samuel 14:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ ·So [When…] the woman from Tekoa spoke to the king. She bowed facedown on the ground ·to show respect [^Land prostrated herself] and said, “My king, help me!”

⁵ King David asked her, “What is ·the matter [troubling you]?”

The woman said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead. ⁶ I had two sons. They were out in the field fighting, and no one was there to ·stop [separate] them. So one ·son [^Lstruck and] killed the other son.