2 Samuel 14:10-12

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¹⁰ The king replied, ‘If anyone says anything against you, bring him to me. After that, he will not cause you any more trouble.’

¹¹ Then the woman said, ‘Sir, please stop my relative from punishing my son with death. I do not want this son to die as well as my other son. Please promise me in the name of the Lord your God that it will not happen.’

The king replied, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, I promise that nobody will touch even one hair of your son's head.’

¹² Then the woman said, ‘Please sir, there is one other thing that I want to tell you.’

King David said, ‘Tell me.’