The woman went to the king, bowed down to the ground in respect, and said, "Help me, Your Majesty!"

What will you do when God punishes you? What will you do when he brings disaster on you from a distant country? Where will you run to find help? Where will you hide your wealth?

And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, 'Help me against my opponent!'

"People of Israel!" they shouted. "Help! This is the man who goes everywhere teaching everyone against the people of Israel, the Law of Moses, and this Temple. And now he has even brought some Gentiles into the Temple and defiled this holy place!"