Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
Now I have come to speak about this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant said to herself, 'I will speak to the king; perhaps the king will grant what his servant asks.'
The woman is explaining that she came to the king because people were threatening her, and she hoped the king would help her with her request.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of a clever scheme by Joab, David's military commander, who sent a wise woman from Tekoa to tell David a fictional story about her two sons. The woman was pretending that one son killed the other, and now the people wanted to execute the surviving son, which would leave her with no heir. This was actually a parallel to David's situation with his sons Amnon and Absalom.
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