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Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”

The Tekoan woman responded to the king, “May guilt rest upon me and the house of my father, my lord the king, and may the king and his throne be blameless.”

10 The king said, “Whoever speaks to you, bring him to me, and he will not cause you harm again.”

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The king said to the woman, “Go home,(A) and I will issue an order in your behalf.”

But the woman from Tekoa said to him, “Let my lord the king pardon(B) me and my family,(C) and let the king and his throne be without guilt.(D)

10 The king replied, “If anyone says anything to you, bring them to me, and they will not bother you again.”

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