World English Bible
2 Samuel 14:12
“Then the woman said, "Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 14
The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more.
Then she said, "Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son." He said, "As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.
Then the woman said, "Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on.
The woman said, "Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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