KJV:
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
NASB:
"Now therefore, do not let my lord the king take the report to heart, namely, 'all the king's sons are dead,' for only Amnon is dead."
KJV:
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
NASB:
Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons have come; according to your servant's word, so it happened."
KJV:
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
NASB:
then go to the king and speak to him in this manner." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
KJV:
Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
NASB:
Then the woman said, "Please let your maidservant speak a word to my lord the king." And he said, "Speak."
KJV:
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
NASB:
The woman said, "Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.
KJV:
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
NASB:
"Now the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your maidservant said, 'Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the request of his maidservant.
KJV:
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
NASB:
"Then your maidservant said, 'Please let the word of my lord the king be comforting, for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And may the LORD your God be with you.'"
KJV:
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
NASB:
Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide anything from me that I am about to ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king please speak."