2 Samuel 14:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!””
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“When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And 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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the woman of Tekoah speaketh unto the king, and falleth on her face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith, `Save, O king.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 14:4 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 20:41When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
- 1 Samuel 25:23When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
- 2 Samuel 1:2On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
- 2 Samuel 14:22Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
- 2 Kings 6:26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
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