11. “Please,” she replied, “swear by the Lord your God that no one will be allowed to kill my son!”He said, “I swear by the living Lord that no one will touch even a hair on his head!”
12. Then she asked, “Your Majesty, may I say something?”“Yes,” he answered.
13. The woman said:Haven't you been hurting God's people? Your own son had to leave the country. And when you judged in my favour, it was the same as admitting that you should have let him come back.
14. We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God doesn't take our lives. Instead, he finds ways of bringing us back when we run away.