2 Samuel 14:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷ Now the whole family is against me. They said to me, ‘Bring us the son who killed his brother and we will kill him, because he killed his brother.’ My son is like the last spark of a fire. If they kill my son, that fire will burn out and be finished. He is the only son left alive to get his father’s property. So my dead husband’s property will go to someone else and his name will be removed from the land.”

⁸ Then the king said to the woman, “Go home. I will take care of things for you.”

⁹ The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “Let the blame be on me, my lord and king. You and your kingdom are innocent.”