2 Samuel 14:8

New Living Translation

“Leave it to me,” the king told her. “Go home, and I’ll see to it that no one touches him.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the rest of the family is demanding, ‘Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn’t deserve to inherit his family’s property.’ They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband’s name and family will disappear from the face of the earth.”

2 Samuel 14:9

“Oh, thank you, my lord the king,” the woman from Tekoa replied. “If you are criticized for helping me, let the blame fall on me and on my father’s house, and let the king and his throne be innocent.”

2 Samuel 16:4

“In that case,” the king told Ziba, “I give you everything Mephibosheth owns.” “I bow before you,” Ziba replied. “May I always be pleasing to you, my lord the king.”

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor and assisted strangers who needed help.

Proverbs 18:13

Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish.