Spoke - This seems to be an accidental error for "came," which is found in many manuscripts and versions.

Help - Literally, "sa…

Spake to the king. —Many manuscripts and the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Syriac have came to the king. The difference is imm…

And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king
Or after she had spoken to him, being introduced by Joab, as is proba…

We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy and His clemency toward poor, guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment f…