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5 And the king said to her, What is the matter with you? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
6 And moreover your handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one struck down the other, his brother, and killed him.
7 And behold, the whole family rose up against your handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that struck down his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and we will take away your heir. So they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband a remnant or name upon the face of the earth.
8 And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.
9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, On me, my lord, O king, and on my father's house be the iniquity, and the king and his throne be guiltless.
10 And the king said, Who was it that spoke to you? You shall bring him to me, and one shall not touch him anymore.
11 And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, As the lord lives, not a hair of your son shall fall to the ground.