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24 And Mephibosheth son of Saul came down to meet the king, and he had not cared for his feet, and not trimmed his mustache, and his clothes he had not washed from the day of the going away of the king until the day that he returned in peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?” 26 And he answered, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said, ‘I will saddle for myself the donkey, that I may ride on it and go to the king, because your servant is lame.’ 27 And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. And my lord the king is like the angel of God; and do what is good in your eyes. 28 For were not all the house of my father as but dead men before my lord the king? And you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. And what right have I anymore to cry still to the king?” 29 And the king said to him, “Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said that you and Ziba shall divide the land.” 30 And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, let him take all of it, inasmuch as my lord the king has come back in peace to his own house.” 2 Samuel 19:24-30, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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