2 Samuel 14:10-12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁰ ‘Whoever speaks to you,’ the king said, ‘bring him to me. He will not trouble you again! ’

¹¹ She replied, ‘Please, may the king invoke the Lord your God, so that the avenger of blood will not increase the loss, and they will not eliminate my son! ’^(A)

‘As the Lord lives,’ he vowed, ‘not a hair of your son will fall to the ground.’^(B)

¹² Then the woman said, ‘Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king? ’

‘Speak,’ he replied.