# David said

"David asked" or "David prayed"

# your servant has indeed heard ... as your servant has heard ... tell your servant

David speaks as if he were someone else to show his respect for Yahweh. AT: "I have indeed heard ... as I have heard ... tell me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])

# destroy the city

make the city so no one could live in it and kill all the people who live there