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15 And now, if I have presumed to speak to the king of this matter, it is because the people have given me cause to fear. And so your servant thought: ‘Let me speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the petition of his servant. 16 For the king must surely listen and rescue his servant from the grasp of one who would destroy both me and my son from the heritage of God.’ 17 And your servant says, ‘Let the word of my lord the king lead to rest;[a] indeed, my lord the king is like an angel of God, discerning good and evil. The Lord your God be with you.’”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:17 Rest: cf. Ru 1:9; Ps 95:11; Mi 2:10. The reference here is to a return home for Absalom.