2 Samuel 14:11-13

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹¹ And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge, and that they may not kill my son. And he said: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

¹² Then the woman said: Let thy handmaid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.

¹³ And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?