²¹ Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

¹¹ Then she said, “Please let the king invoke the Lord your God, that ^(A)the avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed.” He said, ^(B)“As the Lord lives, ^(C)not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

²⁶ And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.

³⁹ For ^(A)as the Lord lives who saves Israel, ^(B)though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.