42 I said to her, “What ails you? Tell me.” (WEB) 43 She said to me, “I, your servant, was barren and had no child, though I had a husband thirty years. (WEB) 44 Every hour and every day these thirty years I made my prayer to the Most High day and night. (WEB)
2 Esdras 9:42–44
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2 Esdras 10:44–46
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1 Samuel 1:25–27
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2 Samuel 14:4–6
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 f…
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