2 Samuel 14:9-11

New International Reader's Version

⁹ But the woman from Tekoa said to him, “You are my king and master. Please pardon me and my family. You and your royal family won’t be guilty of doing anything wrong.”

¹⁰ The king replied, “If people give you any trouble, bring them to me. They won’t bother you again.”

¹¹ She said, “Please pray to the Lord your God. Pray that he will keep our nearest male relative from killing my other son. Then my son won’t be destroyed.”

“You can be sure that the Lord lives,” the king said. “And you can be just as sure that not one hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”