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!”

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17 The first one to plead his cause seems right,
Until his neighbor comes and examines him.

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13 He who answers a matter before he hears it,
It is folly and shame to him.

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Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge,
And he sins who hastens with his feet.

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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.

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

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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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:22 Lit. blessed

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.”

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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!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. came

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