2 Samuel 14:3-5

New Living Translation

³ Then go to the king and tell him the story I am about to tell you.” Then Joab told her what to say.

⁴ When the woman from Tekoa approached^[a] the king, she bowed with her face to the ground in deep respect and cried out, “O king! Help me!”

⁵ “What’s the trouble?” the king asked.

“Alas, I am a widow!” she replied. “My husband is dead.