Leeser(i)
5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she said, Truly, I am a widow-woman; since my husband is dead.
6 And thy hand-maid had two sons, and they two quarreled together in the field, and there was no one between them to help either; so the one smote the other, and slew him.
7 And, behold, the whole family is risen up against thy handmaid, and they said, Give up the slayer of his brother, that we may have him put to death, for the life of his brother whom he hath killed; and we will destroy also the heir: and thus they will quench my coal which is remaining, so as not to allow to my husband either name or remainder upon the face of the earth.
8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will issue my charge concerning thee.
9 Then said the woman of Tekoa unto the king, On me, my Lord, O king, be the iniquity, and on my father’s house: and may the king and his throne be guiltless.
10 And the king said, Whosoever speaketh aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
11 Then said she, Let the king, I pray thee, remember the Lord thy God, so as not to suffer the avenger of the blood to cause yet more destruction, and that they may not destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of thy son to the earth.