MLV(i)
5 And the king said to her, What troubles you? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow and my husband is dead.
6 And your handmaid had two sons and they two strove together in the field and there was none to part them, but the one killed* the other and killed him.
7 And behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid and they say, Deliver him who killed* his brother that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed and so destroy the heir also. Thus they will quench my coal which is left and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.
8 And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give charge concerning you. 9 And 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. 10 And the king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me and he will not touch you any more. 11 Then she said, I beseech you, let the king remember Jehovah your God, that the avenger of blood not destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah lives, there will not one hair of your son fall to the earth.
8 And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give charge concerning you. 9 And 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. 10 And the king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me and he will not touch you any more. 11 Then she said, I beseech you, let the king remember Jehovah your God, that the avenger of blood not destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah lives, there will not one hair of your son fall to the earth.