When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance and said, “Help, O king!”
2 Kings 8:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 At the end of the seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she set out to appeal to the king for her house and her land. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition At the end of the seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to appeal to the king for her house and land. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. Common English Bible When seven years had passed, the woman returned from Philistia. She went to appeal to the king for her house and her farmland. Catholic Public Domain Version And when the seven years had ended, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. And she departed, so that she might petition the king on behalf of her house and on behalf of her fields. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the seven years were ended, the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to speak to the king for her house, and for her lands. |
When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance and said, “Help, O king!”
He said to him, “Say to her: Since you have taken all this trouble for us, what may be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?” She answered, “I live among my own people.”
Now as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord king!”
So the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God; she went with her household and settled in the land of the Philistines seven years.
Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
When the king questioned the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, together with all the revenue of the fields from the day that she left the land until now.”
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? says the Lord.
So she set out from the place where she had been living, she and her two daughters-in-law, and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah.