2 Samuel 14:4-11 And when the woman of Thekoe came to the king, she fell on her face on the ground, and made obeisance to him, and said, Save, king! save!

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ And when the woman of Thekoe came to the king, she fell on her face on the ground, and made obeisance to him, and said, Save, king! save! ⁵ And the king said to her, What is the matter with thee? To which she replied, I am a wretched woman, a widow. My husband died. ⁶ And thy servant had two sons, and they quarrelled in the field, and there was none to part them, and one of them smote the other; his brother, and killed him. ⁷ And behold the whole family is risen up against thy servant, and say, Deliver up him who smote his brother, that we may put him to death, for the life of his brother whom he hath slain; for we will cut him off though he be your heir. Thus will they quench my coal, which is left, so that there will not be left to my husband a remnant, or a name, on the face of the earth. ⁸ Thereupon the king said to the woman, Go in peace to thy house, and I will give orders concerning thee. ⁹ And the woman of Thekoe said to the king, Upon me, my lord the king, be the iniquity, and upon my father's house; and let the king and his throne be guiltless! ¹⁰ Then the king said, Let who will speak to thee, bring him to me, and he shall no more touch him. ¹¹ And she said, Let the king, I pray thee, make mention of the Lord his God, that though avengers of blood be multiplied to destroy, they shall not destroy my son. Whereupon he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not a hair of thy son's head fall to the ground.