2 Samuel 16:10-12

Living Bible

¹⁰ “No!” the king said. “If the Lord has told him to curse me, who am I to say no? ¹¹ My own son is trying to kill me, and this Benjaminite is merely cursing me. Leave him alone, for no doubt the Lord has told him to do it. ¹² And perhaps the Lord will see that I am being wronged and will bless me because of these curses.”