5 The translation follows many medieval Hebrew in reading וַתַּבֹא (vattavo’, “and she went”) rather than the וַתֹּאמֶר (vatto’mer, “and she said”). The reading shows confusion with וַתֹּאמֶר later in the verse. The emendation suggested here is supported by the , the , some of the , and .
6 The word “me” is left to be inferred in the Hebrew text; it is present in the and .

In other versions

When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, “Save me, O king.”

When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”

When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell facedown to the ground, paid homage, and said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”

When the woman from Tekoa approached the king, she bowed with her face to the ground in deep respect and cried out, “O king! Help me!”

So the Tekoite woman spoke to the king, and she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance. She said, “Help me, O king!”

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.

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