2Sa 19:24-30 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then Mephibosheth the grandson of Saul came down to meet the king ; but he had neither tended to his feet , nor trimmed his mustache , nor washed his clothes since the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace .

2 Samuel 19:24-30

24 Then ^aMephibosheth the ^{▼▼Lit son}grandson of Saul came down to meet the king; but ^che had neither ^{▼▼Lit done}tended to his feet, nor ^{▼▼Lit done}trimmed his mustache, nor ^fwashed his clothes since the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. 25 And it was when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, “ ^gWhy did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?” 26 So he said, “My lord the king, my servant betrayed me; for your servant said, ‘I will ^{▼▼I.e., have the donkey saddled}saddle the donkey for myself so that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ ⁱsince your servant cannot walk. 27 Furthermore, ^jhe has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is ^klike the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight. 28 For ^lall my father’s household was only people worthy of death to my lord the king; ^myet you placed your servant among those who ate at your own table. So what right do I still have, 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 And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house.”