Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.(2 Samuel 14:1)

And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:(2 Samuel 14:2)

And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.(2 Samuel 14:3)

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.

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.(2 Samuel 14:5)

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.(2 Samuel 14:6)

And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.(2 Samuel 14:7)

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2 Samuel 14:4 - Cross Reference

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, (1 Samuel 25:23)

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. (1 Samuel 20:41)

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. (2 Kings 6:26)

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 earth, and did obeisance. (2 Samuel 1:2)

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. (Job 29:12)

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. (Luke 18:3)