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The king said to the woman, "Go home. I'll give an order to make sure you are taken care of."
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But the woman from Tekoa said to him, "You are my king and master. No matter what you do, I and my family will take the blame for it. You and your royal family won't be guilty of doing anything wrong."
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The king replied, "If people give you any trouble, bring them to me. They won't bother you again."
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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."
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Then the woman said, "King David, please let me say something else to you." "Go ahead," he replied.