And the king said, Who was it that spoke to you? You shall bring him to me, and [one] shall not touch him anymore.

And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, [As] the lord lives, not a hair of your son shall fall to the ground.

And you shall not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.

One witness shall not stand to testify against a man for any iniquity, or for any fault, or for any sin which he may commit; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.

Whoever answers a word before he hears [a cause], it is folly and reproach to him.

A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, but when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.

[This translation omits this verse.]

So the woman of Tekoa went in to the king and fell upon her face to the earth, and bowed down before him, and said, Help, O king, help.

And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down, and blessed the king. And Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant.