“She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.