¶ Then the woman of Tekoa spake unto the king, and fell down on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, [a]Help, O King.

Then the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a [b]widow, and mine husband is dead:

And thine handmaid had two [c]sons, and they two strove together in the field, (and there was none to part them) so the one smote the other, and slew him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:4 Hebrew, Save.
  2. 2 Samuel 14:5 Hebrew, a widow woman.
  3. 2 Samuel 14:6 Under this parable she describeth the death of Amnon by Absalom.

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