2 Samuel 14:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ She said, “Your Majesty, please pray to the Lord your God, so that my relative who is responsible for avenging the death of my son will not commit a greater crime by killing my other son.”

“I promise by the living Lord,” David replied, “that your son will not be harmed in the least.”

¹² “Please, Your Majesty, let me say just one more thing,” the woman said.

“All right,” he answered.

¹³ She said to him, “Why have you done such a wrong to God's people? You have not allowed your own son to return from exile, and so you have condemned yourself by what you have just said.