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2 Samuel 14:11-13
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11 She replied, “In that case,[a] let the king invoke the name of[b] the Lord your God so that the avenger of blood may not add to the killing! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of your son’s head[c] will fall to the ground.”

12 Then the woman said, “Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied, “Tell me.” 13 The woman said, “Why have you devised something like this against God’s people? When the king speaks in this fashion, he makes himself guilty, for the king has not brought back the one he has banished.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:11 tn The words “in that case” are not in the Hebrew text, but may be inferred from the context. They are supplied in the translation for the sake of clarification.
  2. 2 Samuel 14:11 tn Heb “let the king remember.”
  3. 2 Samuel 14:11 tn Heb “of your son.”
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