19 Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. ^oIf it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the ^pheritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

16 For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.’

19 I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the ⁿheritage of the Lord?”