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And David sent messengers,
and took her;
and she came in unto him,
and he lay with her; for she was
purified from her uncleanness:
and she returned unto her house.
Then David sent messengers to get her,
and when she came to him, he
slept with her. (Now she had just
purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
And the woman conceived
and sent word to David, saying, “I am
pregnant.”
And David sent to
Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite.
And Joab sent Uriah to David.
At this, David sent orders to
Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So
Joab sent him to David.
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how
Joab did,
and how the people did,
and how the war
prospered.
When Uriah came to him, David asked how
Joab and the troops were doing with the war.
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house,
and wash thy feet.
And Uriah departed out of the king’s house,
and there followed him a
mess of meat from the king.
Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
But Uriah
slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord,
and went not down to his house.
But Uriah
slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then
didst thou not go down unto thine house?
And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “
Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
And Uriah said unto David, The ark,
and Israel,
and Judah,
abide in tents;
and my lord
Joab,
and the servants of my lord, are
encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat
and to drink,
and to lie with my wife? as thou livest,
and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Uriah answered, “The ark
and Israel
and Judah are dwelling in tents,
and my master
Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat
and drink
and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live,
and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
And David said to Uriah,
Tarry here to day also,
and to
morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day,
and the
morrow.
“Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “
and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day
and the next.
And when David had called him, he did eat
and drink before him;
and he made him
drunk:
and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
Then David invited Uriah to eat
and drink with him,
and he got Uriah
drunk.
And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his
cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to
Joab,
and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
The next morning David wrote a letter to
Joab and sent it with Uriah.
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the
forefront of the hottest battle,
and retire ye from him, that he may be
smitten,
and die.
In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
And it came to pass, when
Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that
valiant men were.
So as
Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.
And the men of the city went out,
and fought with
Joab:
and there fell some of the people of the servants of David;
and Uriah the Hittite died also.
And when the men of the city came out
and fought against
Joab, some of David’s servants fell,
and Uriah the Hittite also died.
Then
Joab sent
and told David all the things concerning the war;
Joab sent to David a full account of the battle
And charged the
messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
and instructed the
messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle,
And if so be that the king’s wrath arise,
and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so
nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not
realize they would shoot from
atop the wall?
So the
messenger went,
and came
and shewed David all that
Joab had sent him for.
So the
messenger set out
and reported to David all that
Joab had sent him to say.
And the
messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us,
and came out unto us into the field,
and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
The
messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us
and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
Then David said unto the
messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto
Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city,
and overthrow it:
and encourage thou him.
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she
mourned for her husband.
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she
mourned for him.
And when the
mourning was past, David sent
and fetched her to his house,
and she became his wife,
and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
And when the time of
mourning was over, David had her brought to his house,
and she became his wife
and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
And the LORD sent
Nathan unto David.
And he came unto him,
and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich,
and the other poor.
Then the LORD sent
Nathan to David,
and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich
and the other poor.
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
But the poor man had nothing, save one little
ewe lamb, which he had bought
and nourished up:
and it grew up together with him,
and with his children; it did eat of his own meat,
and drank of his own cup,
and lay in his
bosom,
and was unto him as a daughter.
but the poor man had nothing except one small
ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it,
and it grew up with him
and his children. It shared his food
and drank from his cup; it
slept in his arms
and was like a daughter to him.
And there came a traveller unto the rich man,
and he
spared to take of his own flock
and of his own
herd, to dress for the
wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb,
and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Now a traveler came to the rich man, who
refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb
and prepared it for his
guest.”
And David’s anger was greatly
kindled against the man;
and he said to
Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
David burned with anger against the man
and said to
Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
And he shall restore the lamb
fourfold, because he did this thing,
and because he had no
pity.
Because he has done this thing
and has shown no
pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I
anointed thee king over Israel,
and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
Then
Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I
anointed you king over Israel,
and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
And I gave thee thy master’s house,
and thy master’s wives into thy
bosom,
and gave thee the house of Israel
and of Judah;
and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such
and such things.
I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
Wherefore hast thou
despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword,
and hast taken his wife to be thy wife,
and hast slain him with the sword of the children of
Ammon.
Why then have you
despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword
and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the
Ammonites.
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast
despised me,
and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have
despised Me
and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up
adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives
and give them to another,
and he will lie with them in broad
daylight.
For thou
didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel,
and before the sun.
You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad
daylight before all Israel.’”
And David said unto
Nathan, I have
sinned against the LORD.
And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
Then David said to
Nathan, “I have
sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,”
Nathan replied. “You will not die.
And Nathan departed unto his house.
And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David,
and it was very sick.
After
Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David,
and he became ill.
David therefore
besought God for the child;
and David fasted,
and went in,
and lay all night upon the earth.
David
pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted
and went into his house
and spent the night lying in
sackcloth on the ground.
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died.
And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him,
and he would not
hearken unto our voice: how will he then
vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him,
and he would not
listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even
harm himself.”
But when David saw that his servants
whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead?
And they said, He is dead.
When David saw that his servants were
whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.
Then David arose from the earth,
and washed,
and anointed himself,
and changed his
apparel,
and came into the house of the LORD,
and worshipped: then he came to his own house;
and when he required, they set bread before him,
and he did eat.
Then David got up from the ground, washed
and anointed himself, changed his clothes,
and went into the house of the LORD
and worshiped. Then he went to his own house,
and at his request they set food before him,
and he
ate.
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou
didst fast
and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou
didst rise
and eat bread.
“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted
and wept, but when he died, you got up
and ate.”
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted
and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be
gracious to me, that the child may live?
David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted
and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be
gracious to me
and let him live.’
And David comforted Bath-
sheba his wife,
and went in unto her,
and lay with her:
and she bare a son,
and he called his name Solomon:
and the LORD loved him.
Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
And he sent by the hand of
Nathan the prophet;
and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
and sent word through
Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of
Ammon,
and took the royal city.
Meanwhile,
Joab fought against Rabbah of the
Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
And Joab sent messengers to David,
and said, I have fought against Rabbah,
and have taken the city of waters.
Then
Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah
and have captured the water supply of the city.
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together,
and encamp against the city,
and take it: lest I take the city,
and it be called after my name.
Now, therefore,
assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city,
and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city,
and it will be named after me.”
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight
whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones:
and it was set on David’s head.
And he brought forth the
spoil of the city in great abundance.
Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It
weighed a talent of gold
and was set with precious stones,
and it was placed on David’s head.
And David took a great amount of
plunder from the city.
And he brought forth the people that were therein,
and put them under saws,
and under harrows of iron,
and under axes of iron,
and made them pass through the
brickkiln:
and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of
Ammon. So David
and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
David brought out the people who were there
and put them to work with saws, iron picks,
and axes,
and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the
Ammonite cities. Then David
and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
And it came to pass after this, that
Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar;
and Amnon the son of David loved her.
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son
Absalom.
And Amnon was so
vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin;
and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.
Amnon was sick with
frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin,
and it seemed
implausible for him to do anything to her.
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother:
and Jonadab was a very
subtil man.
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very
shrewd man,
And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son,
lean from day to day?
wilt thou not tell me?
And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother
Absalom’s sister.
so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother
Absalom’s sister.”
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed,
and make
thyself sick:
and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come,
and give me meat,
and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it,
and eat it at her hand.
Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
So Amnon lay down
and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come
and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat.
Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house;
and he was laid down.
And she took flour,
and kneaded it,
and made cakes in his sight,
and did
bake the cakes.
So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some
dough,
kneaded it, made cakes in his sight,
and baked them.
And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
Then she brought the pan
and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send
everyone away!” said Amnon.
And everyone went out.
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the
bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made
and went to her brother Amnon’s
bedroom.
And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
And she answered him,
Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
“No, my brother!” she
cried. “Do not
humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
And I,
whither shall I cause my shame to go?
and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not
withhold me from thee.
Where could I ever take my shame?
And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not
withhold me from you.”
Howbeit he would not
hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her,
and lay with her.
But Amnon refused to
listen to her,
and being stronger, he
violated her
and lay with her.
Then Amnon
hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred
wherewith he
hated her was greater than the love
wherewith he had loved her.
And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
Then Amnon
hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou
didst unto me. But he would not
hearken unto her.
“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to
listen to her.
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him,
and said, Put now this woman out from me,
and bolt the door after her.
Instead, he called to his
attendant and said, “Throw this woman out
and bolt the door behind her!”
And she had a garment of
divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins
apparelled. Then his servant brought her out,
and bolted the door after her.
So Amnon’s
attendant threw her out
and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a
robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters
wore.
And Tamar put ashes on her head,
and rent her garment of
divers colours that was on her,
and laid her hand on her head,
and went on crying.
And Tamar put ashes on her head
and tore her
robe.
And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly.
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained
desolate in her brother
Absalom’s house.
Her brother
Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a
desolate woman in the house of her brother
Absalom.
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for
Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he
hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
And it came to pass after two full years, that
Absalom had sheepshearers in
Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim:
and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
Two years later, when
Absalom’s sheepshearers were at
Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
And Absalom came to the king,
and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I
beseech thee,
and his servants go with thy servant.
And he went to the king
and said, “Your servant has just
hired shearers. Will the king
and his servants please come with me?”
And the king said to
Absalom,
Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee.
And he pressed him:
howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
“No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although
Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.
Then said
Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us.
And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
“If not,” said
Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.
But
Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon
and all the king’s sons go with him.
But
Absalom urged him, so the king sent Amnon
and the rest of his sons.
Now
Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is
merry with wine,
and when I say unto you,
Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be
courageous and be
valiant.
Now
Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is
merry with wine,
and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be
courageous and valiant!”
And the servants of
Absalom did unto Amnon as
Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose,
and every man
gat him up upon his
mule,
and fled.
So
Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as
Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up,
and each one fled on his
mule.
And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that
tidings came to David, saying,
Absalom hath slain all the king’s sons,
and there is not one of them left.
While they were on the way, a report reached David: “
Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
Then the king arose,
and tare his garments,
and lay on the earth;
and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Then the king stood up,
tore his clothes,
and lay down on the ground;
and all his servants stood by with their clothes
torn.
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered
and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of
Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact,
Absalom has
planned this since the day Amnon
violated his sister Tamar.
But
Absalom fled.
And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes,
and looked,
and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
Meanwhile,
Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill.
And the
watchman went
and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came,
and lifted up their voice
and wept:
and the king also
and all his servants
wept very
sore.
And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in,
wailing loudly. Then the king
and all his servants also
wept very bitterly.
But
Absalom fled,
and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur.
And David
mourned for his son every day.
Now
Absalom fled
and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David
mourned for his son every day.
So
Absalom fled,
and went to Geshur,
and was there three years.
After
Absalom had fled
and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto
Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
And King David longed to go to
Absalom, for he had been
consoled over Amnon’s death.
So
Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a
mourner; put on clothes for
mourning and do not
anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has
mourned for the dead a long time.
And come to the king,
and speak on this manner unto him. So
Joab put the words in her mouth.
Then go to the king
and speak these words to him.”
And Joab put the words in her mouth.
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground,
and did
obeisance,
and said, Help, O king.
When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in
homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
And thy
handmaid had two sons,
and they two
strove together in the field,
and there was none to part them, but the one
smote the other,
and slew him.
And your
maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them,
and one struck the other
and killed him.
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine
handmaid,
and they said, Deliver him that
smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he
slew;
and we will destroy the heir also:
and so they shall
quench my coal which is left,
and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
Now the whole clan has risen up against your
maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would
extinguish my one remaining
ember by not preserving my husband’s name or
posterity on the earth.”
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any
blame be on me
and on my father’s house,
and may the king
and his throne be guiltless.”
And the king said,
Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me,
and he shall not touch thee any more.
“If
anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me,
and he will not trouble you again!”
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
“Please,” she replied, “may the king
invoke the LORD your God to prevent the
avenger of blood from increasing the
devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he
vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
Then the woman said, Let thine
handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king.
And he said, Say on.
Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
