Then the woman of Tekoa said to the king, ‘My lord the king, may any blame be on me and my father’s family, and may the king and his throne be innocent.’
The responsibility for their deaths will come back to Joab and to his descendants for ever, but for David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne, there will be peace from the Lord for ever.’
‘Do not defile the land where you live, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
I will be responsible for him. You can hold me personally accountable! If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I will be guilty before you for ever.