2 Samuel 14:10-12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁰ The king said, ‘If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again.’ ¹¹ Then she said, ‘Please, may the king keep the Lord your God in mind, so that the avenger of blood may kill no more, and my son not be destroyed.’ He said, ‘As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.’

¹² Then the woman said, ‘Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.’ He said, ‘Speak.’