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And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, that the people will see me, and thy handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if peradventure the king will perform the request of his handmaid;
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for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God.
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And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious, — : for as an angel of God, so my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord thy God shall be with thee.
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And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the matter which I ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.
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And the king said, not the hand of Joab in all this matter with thee? and the woman said to the king, thy soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid.