⁹ I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him.^(A) If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame^(B) before you all my life.^(C)

²⁴ She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord,^(A) and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say.

⁹ But the woman from Tekoa said to him, “Let my lord the king pardon^(A) me and my family,^(B) and let the king and his throne be without guilt.^(C)”

²⁵ All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”^(A)