2 Samuel 14:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴ When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, “Help, O king!” ⁵ The king asked her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead. ⁶ Your servant had two sons, and they fought with one another in the field; there was no one to part them, and one struck the other and killed him.