2 Samuel 14:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸ The king answered, “I'm going to ask you a question, and you must tell me the whole truth.”

“Ask me anything, Your Majesty,” she answered.

¹⁹ “Did Joab put you up to this?” he asked her.

She answered, “I swear by all that is sacred, Your Majesty, that there is no way to avoid answering your question.^[a] It was indeed your officer Joab who told me what to do and what to say. ²⁰ But he did it in order to straighten out this whole matter. Your Majesty is as wise as the angel of God and knows everything that happens.”