¹⁴ Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, “The Lord’s will be done.”^(A)

⁴² “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me, yet not my will but yours be done.”^(A)

⁴² Again he went away for the second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”^(A)

³⁹ And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, yet not what I want but what you want.”^(A)

²⁵ Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and let me see both it and the place where it stays.^{(A) 26} But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,’ here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”^(B)

² So he said to them, “When you pray, say:

¹⁹ Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?”^(A)

¹⁸ So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. Then he said, “It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.”^(A)

¹⁴ may God Almighty^[a] grant you mercy before the man, so that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”^(A)