KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Samuel 14:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
The woman of Tekoa said to 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.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the woman of Tekoah saith unto the king, ‘On me, my lord, O king, is the iniquity, and on the house of my father; and the king and his throne are innocent.’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 14
6 And thy handmaid 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.
7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.
8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
9 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.
10 And the king said, Whosoever saith [ought] unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
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וַתֹּ֜אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהָאִשָּׁ֤הH802 · ish.shahwomanהַתְּקוֹעִית֙H8621 · te.qo.iTekoaאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingעָלַ֞יH5921 · aluponאֲדֹנִ֥יH113 · a.donlordהַמֶּ֛לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingהֶעָוֹ֖ןH5771 · a.vaniniquity: crimeוְעַל־H5921 · aluponבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceאָבִ֑יH1 · avfatherוְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוְכִסְא֖וֹH3678 · kis.sethroneנָקִֽי׃ סH5355 · na.qiinnocent
Cross-references
1 Samuel 25:24And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, [upon] me [let this] iniquity [be]: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.1 Kings 2:33Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.Matthew 27:25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.2 Samuel 3:28-29And afterward when David heard [it], he said, I and my kingdom [are] guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:Genesis 27:13And his mother said unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me [them].Deuteronomy 21:1-9If [one] be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath slain him:Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
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