2 Samuel 14:4

Modern

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

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, and she fell on her nose to the ground, and bowed low, and said, “Save me, O king.”

Latin

Itaque cum ingressa fuisset mulier Thecuitis ad regem, cecidit coram eo super terram, et adoravit, et dixit: Serva me, rex.

Hebrew

English

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

Theme notes and profiles

2 Samuel 1:2
On 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 Kings 6:26–28
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
1 Samuel 25:23
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
Luke 18:3–5
And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
Job 29:12–14
…because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
1 Samuel 20:41
When 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.

Tekoa: Town in Judah, home of the prophet Amos