2 Samuel 14:14-16

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁴ We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No one can gather this water back from the ground. You know God forgives people. God made plans for people who are forced to run away for safety—God does not force them to run away from him! ¹⁵ My lord and king, I came to say these words to you, because the people made me afraid. I said to myself, ‘I will talk to the king. Maybe the king will help me. ¹⁶ The king will listen to me and save me from the man who wants to kill me and my son. That man just wants to keep us from getting what God gave us.’