2 Samuel 16:9-11

Living Bible

⁹ “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?” Abishai demanded. “Let me go over and strike off his head!”

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.