8
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I myself will give the command concerning you."
9
The Tekoite woman said to the king, "On me, my lord the king, [is] the guilt, and on the house of my father, but the king on his throne [is] innocent."
10
The king said, "[Whoever] has spoken to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you again."
11
Then she said, "Please may the king remember Yahweh your God, {to prevent the increase of blood avengers who kill}, [so that they] not wipe out my son." He said, "{As Yahweh lives}, surely not one hair shall fall from your son to the ground."
12
The woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." And he said, "Speak."