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10 The king said, “Whoever has spoken to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you again.” 11 Then she said, “Please may the king remember Yahweh your God, to prevent the increase of blood avengers who kill,[a] so that they not wipe out my son.” He said, “As Yahweh lives,[b] surely not one hair shall fall from your son to the ground.” 12 The woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Speak.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:11 Literally “from making numerous the avenger of blood to kill”
  2. 2 Samuel 14:11 Literally “The life of Yahweh”