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2 Samuel 14:9

Tekoa

7 Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

8 “Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”

But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”

10 “If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”

11 “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

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BSB
But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
KJV
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
WEB
The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
ASV
And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father`s house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.
DARBY
And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, Upon me, my lord, O king, be the iniquity, and upon my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.
BLB
And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “On me, My lord the king, [is] the iniquity, and on the house of my father. And the king and his throne [be] guiltless.”
ÅB
Og kvinnen fra Tekoa sa til kongen: På meg, herre konge, og på min fars hus faller skylden, men kongen og hans trone skal være uten skyld.
OTB
Kvinnen fra Tekoa sa til kongen, “Min herre kongen, la skylden være på meg og på min fars hus, og må kongen og hans trone være skyldfri.”
B1930
Og kvinnen fra Tekoa sa til kongen: På mig, herre konge, og på min fars hus faller skylden, men kongen og hans trone skal være uten skyld.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 25:24

    She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.

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  • 1 Kings 2:33

    Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”

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  • Matthew 27:25

    All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

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  • Numbers 35:33

    Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:1–9

    If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

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  • Genesis 27:13

    His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

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  • 2 Samuel 3:28–29

    Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

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