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"Behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, 'Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.' Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth." "
David's reign as king of Israel, his triumphs and failures.
Old Testament • Book #10
The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
II Samuel 14:6Your handmaid had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part...
II Samuel 14:8The king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."
II Samuel 14:9The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's hou...
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