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2 Samuel 14:6

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

5 “What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

7 Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

8 “Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
KJV
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
WEB
Your servant had two sons; and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.
ASV
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.
DARBY
And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.
BLB
And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought with each other in the field, and [there was] no one to part them, and the one struck the one and killed him.
ÅB
Og din tjenerinne hadde to sønner, og de to kom i trette med hverandre ute på marken, og det var ingen som kunne skille dem at; så slo den ene til den andre og drepte ham.
OTB
Nå hadde din tjenerinne to sønner, men de to kranglet på marken, og det var ingen som kunne skille dem. Den ene slo den andre og drepte ham.
B1930
Og din tjenerinne hadde to sønner, og de to kom i trette med hverandre ute på marken, og det var ingen som kunde skille dem at; så slo den ene til den andre og drepte ham.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 22:26–27

    Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

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  • Exodus 2:13

    The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

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  • Genesis 4:8

    Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

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