2 Samuel 14:4–11

⁴And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she ^efell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. ⁵And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, ^fI am ^gindeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. ⁶And 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. ⁷And behold, ^hthe 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 ^hwe will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not ⁱleave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. ⁸And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. ⁹And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, ^jthe iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: ^kand the king and his throne be guiltless. ¹⁰And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. ¹¹Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer ^lthe revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, ^mAs the Lord liveth, ⁿthere shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.