⁹ I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him. ^(A)If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.

²⁴ So she fell at his feet and said: “On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be! And please let your maidservant ^[a]speak in your ears, and hear the words of your maidservant.

⁹ And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, let ^(A)the ^[a]iniquity be on me and on my father’s house, ^(B)and the king and his throne be guiltless.”

²⁵ And all the people answered and said, ^(A)“His blood be on us and on our children.”