¹¹ She said, “Then let the king invoke the Lord his God to prevent the avenger^(A) of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will not be destroyed.”

“As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “not one hair^(B) of your son’s head will fall to the ground.^(C)”

⁵² Solomon replied, “If he shows himself to be worthy, not a hair^(A) of his head will fall to the ground; but if evil is found in him, he will die.”

³⁴ Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”^(A)