2 Samuel 14:17-19

Lexham English Bible

¹⁷ Your servant also thought, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring rest,^[a] for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, to sense what is good and what is bad.’^[b] May Yahweh your God be with you.” ¹⁸ The king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not withhold from me a thing which I am about to ask you.” The woman said, “Please let my lord the king speak.” ¹⁹ The king asked, “Was the hand of Joab with you in all of this?” The woman answered and said, “As your soul lives,^[c] my lord the king, surely one cannot go to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken. Yes, your servant Joab himself commanded me, and he put all of these words in the mouth of your servant.