2 Samuel 14:4

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.

And when the woman {H802} of Tekoah {H8621} spake {H559} to the king {H4428}, she fell {H5307} on her face {H639} to the ground {H776}, and did obeisance {H7812}, and said {H559}, Help {H3467}, O king {H4428}.

When the woman of T'koa spoke to the king, she fell down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself, and said, "King, help!"

When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

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.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 6:26 (3 votes)

    And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

  • 2 Kings 6:28 (3 votes)

    And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

  • 2 Samuel 1:2 (3 votes)

    It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • 1 Samuel 25:23 (3 votes)

    And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

  • Job 29:12 (2 votes)

    Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.

  • Job 29:14 (2 votes)

    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.

  • 1 Samuel 20:41 (2 votes)

    [And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.