2 Samuel 14:5-12

5And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

6And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.

7And behold, the whole family is risen against thy bondmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may put him to death, for the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also: so they will quench my coal which is left, and will not leave to my husband a name or remnant on the earth.

8And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

9And 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.

10And the king said, Whoever speaks to thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

11Then she said, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy 1God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they cut off my son. And he said, [As] Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

12And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.