2 Samuel 14:3-5

World English Bible

³ Go in to the king, and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.

⁴ When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”

⁵ The king said to her, “What ails you?”

She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.