The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: Joab put the words in her mouth.
SA2 14:4 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.
SA2 14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she
answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
SA2 14:6 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.
SA2 14:7 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
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