“Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”
2 Samuel 14:12 (WEB)
Context Reading
10The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you any more.” 11Then she said, “Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.” 12Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.” 13The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one. 14For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.