⁴ So the king said to Ziba, “Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.”

And Ziba said, “I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!”

²² Then Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself, and ^[a]thanked the king. And Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.”

¹⁰ So the king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.”

¹¹ Then she said, “Please let the king remember the Lord your God, and do not permit ^(A)the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son.”

And he said, ^(B)“As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

⁴ And when the woman of Tekoa ^[a]spoke to the king, she ^(A)fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, ^(B)“Help, O king!”

The Law Concerning Witnesses

^15 (A)“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.

⁸ And ^(A)you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.