15 Now [a]the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your maidservant said, ‘Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the [b]request of his maidservant. 16 For the king will hear [c]and deliver his maidservant from the [d]hand of the man who would destroy [e]both me and my son from (A)the inheritance of God.’ 17 Then your maidservant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king be [f]comforting, for as (B)the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:15 Lit that
  2. 2 Samuel 14:15 Lit word
  3. 2 Samuel 14:16 Lit to
  4. 2 Samuel 14:16 Lit palm
  5. 2 Samuel 14:16 Lit together
  6. 2 Samuel 14:17 Lit for rest