2 Samuel 14:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said,“Please help me, O king!”

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 25:23 : 23 When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself facedown before David, and bowed to the ground.
  • 2 Sam 1:2 : 2 On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he approached David, the man threw himself to the ground.
  • 2 Kgs 6:26-28 : 26 While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him,“Help us, my master, O king!” 27 He replied,“No, let the LORD help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.” 28 Then the king asked her,“What’s your problem?” She answered,“This woman said to me,‘Hand over your son; we’ll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.’
  • Job 29:12-14 : 12 for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him; 13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice; 14 I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;
  • Luke 18:3-5 : 3 There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself,‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, 5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”
  • 1 Sam 20:41 : 41 When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, knelt with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 14:2-3
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    82%

    2So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her,“Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.

    3Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say.

  • 2 Sam 14:5
    80%

    5The king replied to her,“What do you want?” She answered,“I am a widow; my husband is dead.

  • 2 Sam 14:8-12
    5 verses
    77%

    8Then the king told the woman,“Go to your home. I will give instructions concerning your situation.”

    9The Tekoan woman said to the king,“My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!”

    10The king said,“Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!”

    11She replied,“In that case, let the king invoke the name of the LORD your God so that the avenger of blood may not add to the killing! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied,“As surely as the LORD lives, not a single hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

    12Then the woman said,“Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied,“Tell me.”

  • 2 Sam 14:15-19
    5 verses
    76%

    15I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said,‘I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks.

    16Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’

    17So your servant said,‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the LORD your God be with you!’”

    18Then the king replied to the woman,“Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said,“Let my lord the king speak!”

    19The king said,“Did Joab put you up to all of this?” The woman answered,“As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.

  • 1 Kgs 1:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said,“What do you want?”

    17She replied to him,“My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the LORD your God,‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’

  • 2 Sam 24:20
    72%

    20When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Sam 28:14
    72%

    14He said to her,“What about his appearance?” She said,“An old man is coming up! He is wrapped in a robe!”Then Saul realized it was Samuel, and he bowed his face toward the ground and kneeled down.

  • 1 Sam 25:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself facedown before David, and bowed to the ground.

    24Falling at his feet, she said,“My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak to you! Please listen to the words of your servant!

  • 2 Sam 14:22
    72%

    22Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked the king. Joab said,“Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant!”

  • 1 Kgs 1:31
    72%

    31Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said,“May my master, King David, live forever!”

  • 1 Sam 25:41
    71%

    41She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said,“Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:23
    71%

    23The king was told,“Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor.

  • 1 Kgs 2:18-19
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    71%

    18Bathsheba replied,“That’s fine, I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”

    19So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, and she sat at his right hand.

  • 2 Sam 14:33
    71%

    33So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him.

  • 2 Sam 20:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16a wise woman called out from the city,“Listen up! Listen up! Tell Joab,‘Come near so that I may speak to you.’”

    17When he approached her, the woman asked,“Are you Joab?” He replied,“I am.” She said to him,“Listen to the words of your servant.” He said,“Go ahead. I’m listening.”

  • 2 Kgs 6:26
    70%

    26While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him,“Help us, my master, O king!”

  • Ruth 2:10
    70%

    10Ruth knelt before him with her forehead to the ground and said to him,“Why are you so kind and so attentive to me, even though I am a foreigner?”

  • 2 Sam 1:2
    70%

    2On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he approached David, the man threw himself to the ground.

  • 2 Kgs 4:37
    70%

    37She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left.

  • 2 Sam 9:6
    70%

    6When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. David said,“Mephibosheth?” He replied,“Yes, at your service.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:28
    70%

    28David Picks Solomon as His Successor King David responded,“Summon Bathsheba!” She came and stood before the king.

  • 1 Sam 24:8
    69%

    8Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul,“My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Sam 28:21
    69%

    21When the woman came to Saul and saw how terrified he was, she said to him,“Your servant has done what you asked. I took my life into my own hands and did what you told me.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
    69%

    21When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

  • 2 Chr 20:18
    69%

    18Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face toward the ground, and all the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD and worshiped him.

  • 2 Sam 18:28
    68%

    28Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king,“Greetings!” He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said,“May the LORD your God be praised because he has defeated the men who opposed my lord the king!”

  • 2 Sam 18:30
    68%

    30The king said,“Turn aside and take your place here.” So he turned aside and waited.

  • Judg 5:27
    68%

    27Between her feet he collapsed, he fell limp and was lifeless; between her feet he collapsed and fell, in the spot where he collapsed, there he fell– violently killed!

  • Jer 13:18
    68%

    18The LORD told me,“Tell the king and the queen mother,‘Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.

  • 2 Sam 19:4-5
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    67%

    4The king covered his face and cried out loudly,“My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”

    5So Joab visited the king at his home. He said,“Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.

  • 2 Kgs 4:12-13
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    67%

    12He told his servant Gehazi,“Ask the Shunammite woman to come here.” So he did so and she came to him.

    13Elisha said to Gehazi,“Tell her,‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied,“I’m quite secure.”

  • 2 Chr 24:17
    67%

    17After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. The king listened to their advice.

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
    67%

    53King Solomon sent men to bring him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him,“Go home.”

  • 2 Kgs 9:34
    67%

    34He went inside and had a meal. Then he said,“Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.”

  • Job 1:20
    67%

    20Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.