- I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.
- Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, 'Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir as well.' They would put out the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth."
- The king said to the woman, "Go home, and I will issue an order in your behalf."
- But the woman from Tekoa said to him, "My lord the king, let the blame rest on me and on my father's family, and let the king and his throne be without guilt."
- The king replied, "If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you again."
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- "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.
- "Now behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, 'Hand over the one who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.' Thus they will extinguish my coal which is left, so as to leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth."
- Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."
- The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "O my lord, the king, the iniquity is on me and my father's house, but the king and his throne are guiltless."
- So the king said, "Whoever speaks to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you anymore."
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