2 Samuel 14:13-15

International Standard Version

¹³ “Why, then,” the woman asked, “are you planning to act just like this against God’s people? Based on what your majesty has said, you’re acting like one who is guilty himself, because you’re not bringing back the one whom you’ve banished! ¹⁴ After all, even though we all die,^[a] and we’re^[b] all like water being spilled on the ground that cannot be recovered, nevertheless God doesn’t take away life, but carries out his plans so as not to cast away permanently from him those who are presently estranged.^[c]

¹⁵ “Now as to why I’ve come to speak with your majesty the king, it’s because the people have made me afraid, so your humble servant told herself,^[d] ‘I’ll go speak to the king, so perhaps the king will do what his humble servant has requested.