2 Samuel 14:5
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The king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she answered, "Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead. (NASB ©1995)

2 Samuel 14:4 Now when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said, "Help, O king."

2 Samuel 14:6 "Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him. (NASB ©1995)


And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

I am indeed It is very possible that the principal incidents mentioned here were real; and that Joab found out a person whose circumstances both had near resemblance to that which he wished to represent. She did not make the similitude too plain and visible, lest the king should see her intention before she had obtained a grant of pardon; and thus her circumstances, her mournful take, her widow's dress, her aged person, (for Josephus says she was advanced in years,) and her impressive manner, all combined to make one united irresistible impression on the heart of the aged monarch. 2Sa 12:1-3 Jud 9:8-15

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