So he said, ‘They were my brothers, the sons of my mother! As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.’
He asked Zebah and Zalmunna, ‘What kind of men did you kill at Tabor? ’ ‘They were like you,’ they said. ‘Each resembled the son of a king.’
Then he said to Jether, his firstborn, ‘Get up and kill them.’ The youth did not draw his sword, for he was afraid because he was still a youth.
Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, that’s good. Let him redeem you. But if he doesn’t want to redeem you, as the Lord lives, I will. Now lie down until morning.’
The avenger of blood himself is to kill the murderer; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
The king swore an oath and said, ‘As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every difficulty,