KJV King James Version
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
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2 Samuel 14:4
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
WEB World English Bible
When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”
ASV American Standard Version
And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the woman of Tekoah speaketh unto the king, and falleth on her face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith, ‘Save, O king.’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 14
1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart [was] toward Absalom.
2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַ֠תֹּאמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהָאִשָּׁ֤הH802 · ish.shahwomanהַתְּקֹעִית֙H8621 · te.qo.iTekoaאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוַתִּפֹּ֧לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallעַל־H5921 · aluponאַפֶּ֛יהָH639 · aphface: angerאַ֖רְצָהH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוַתִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּH7812 · sha.chahto bowוַתֹּ֖אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהוֹשִׁ֥עָהH3467 · ya.sahto saveהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סH4428 · me.lekhking
Cross-references
2 Samuel 1:2It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.2 Kings 6:26-28And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.1 Samuel 25:23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,Luke 18:3-5And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.Job 29:12-14Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.1 Samuel 20:41[And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
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