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2 Samuel 14:4

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

KJV

Itaque cum ingressa fuisset mulier Thecuitis ad regem, cecidit coram eo super terram, et adoravit, et dixit : Serva me, rex.

Vulgate

καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἡ γυνὴ ἡ Θεκωεῖτις πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς εἰς τὴν γῆν καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ καὶ εἶπεν Σῶσον, βασιλεῦ, σῶσον.

LXX

And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

ASV

וַ֠/תֹּאמֶר הָ/אִשָּׁ֤ה הַ/תְּקֹעִית֙ אֶל הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וַ/תִּפֹּ֧ל עַל אַפֶּ֛י/הָ אַ֖רְצָ/ה וַ/תִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ וַ/תֹּ֖אמֶר הוֹשִׁ֥עָ/ה הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
וֹ
v
noun · 275×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
yshtchv
verb · 174×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תְּקוֹעִ֔י
tqv'y
noun · 7×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 25:23 — And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
  • 2Kgs 6:26 — And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
  • 2Kgs 6:26 — And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
  • 2Sam 1:2 — It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the eart
  • 2Sam 18:28 — And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted
  • Mark 10:35 — And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.