2Sa 19:26-27 | ESV | STEP | He answered , My lord , O king , my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king . For your servant is lame .

‏ 2 Samuel 19:26-27

26 He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate Saddle a donkey for me} that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ For ^byour servant is lame. 27 ^cHe has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is ^dlike the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.