11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king [a]remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer many revengers of blood to destroy, lest they slay my son. And he answered, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

12 Then the woman said, I pray thee, let thine handmaid speak a word to my lord the King. And he said, Say on.

13 Then the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou [b]thought such a thing against the people of God? or why doth the King, as one which is faulty, speak this thing, that he will not bring again his banished?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:11 Swear that they shall not revenge the blood, which are many in number.
  2. 2 Samuel 14:13 Why dost thou give contrary sentence in thy son Absalom?

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