2 Samuel 14:9-11

Good News Translation

⁹ “Your Majesty,” she said, “whatever you do, my family and I will take the blame; you and the royal family are innocent.”

¹⁰ The king replied, “If anyone threatens you, bring him to me, and he will never bother you again.”

¹¹ She said, “Your Majesty, please pray to the Lord your God, so that my relative who is responsible for avenging the death of my son will not commit a greater crime by killing my other son.”

“I promise by the living Lord,” David replied, “that your son will not be harmed in the least.”