2 Samuel 14:6

Berean Standard Bible (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.

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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.

6 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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BSB Berean Standard Bible: 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 King James Version: 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 World English Bible: 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 American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;
DBY Darby Translation: 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.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.