2Sa 19:24-30 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king ; and he had neither cared for his feet , nor trimmed his mustache , nor washed his clothes , from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace .

2 Samuel 19:24-30

24 Then ^aMephibosheth the ^{▼▼ I.e. grandson}son of Saul came down to meet the king; and ^che had neither ^{▼▼ Lit done}cared for his feet, nor ^{▼▼ Lit done}trimmed his mustache, nor ^fwashed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. 25 It was when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, ^g“Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?” 26 So he answered, “O my lord, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ ^hbecause your servant is lame. 27 “Moreover, ⁱhe has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is ^jlike the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight. 28 “For ^kall my father’s household was nothing but dead men before my lord the king; ^lyet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should ^{▼▼ Lit cry out}complain anymore to the king?” 29 So the king said to him, “Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have ^{▼▼ Lit said}decided, ‘You and Ziba shall divide the land.’” 30 Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house.”