2 Kings 14:5
And the king said to her: What is the matter with thee? She answered: Alas, I am a widow woman: for my husband is dead.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ait ad eam rex : Quid causæ habes ? Quæ respondit : Heu, mulier vidua ego sum : mortuus est enim vir meus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὴν ὁ βασιλεύς Τί ἔστιν σοι; ἡ δὲ εἶπεν Καὶ μάλα γυνὴ χήρα ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ὁ ἀνήρ μου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּֽאמֶר לָ֥הּ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מַה לָּ֑ךְ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אֲבָ֛ל אִשָּֽׁה אַלְמָנָ֥ה אָ֖נִי וַיָּ֥מָת אִישִֽׁי
Haydock's commentary
Dead. Some conclude from ver. 16, that this is a true history; but it appears rather, that it was only a parable, (ver. 19.; Calmet) invented by Joab. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.