4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, |Help, O king!|


In Context

1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

2 Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, |Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

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, and did obeisance, 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.

6 Your handmaid had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.

2 Samuel 14:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:4When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, "Help me, O king!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:4And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:4And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the king, she fell before him upon the ground, and worshipped, and said: Save me, O king.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:4And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4And the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, and she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, Save, O king!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:4And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4And the woman of Tekoah speaketh unto the king, and falleth on her face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith, 'Save, O king.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:4And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.