9. “Your Majesty,” she said, “whatever you do, my family and I will take the blame; you and the royal family are innocent.”
10. The king replied, “If anyone threatens you, bring him to me, and he will never trouble you again.”
11. She said, “Your Majesty, please pray to the Lord your God, so that my relative who is responsible for avenging the death of my son will not commit a greater crime by killing my other son.”“I promise by the living Lord,” David replied, “that your son will not be harmed in the least.”
12. “Please, Your Majesty, let me say just one more thing,” the woman said.“All right,” he answered.
13. She said to him, “Why have you done such a wrong to God's people? You have not allowed your own son to return from exile, and so you have condemned yourself by what you have just said.