2 Samuel 19:24–30

24 Then aMephibosheth the 1son of Saul came down to meet the king; and bhe had neither 2cared for his feet, nor 2trimmed his mustache, nor cwashed 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, “aWhy 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,’ abecause your servant is lame.

27 “Moreover, ahe has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is blike the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight.

28 “For aall my father’s household was nothing but dead men before my lord the king; byet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should 1complain anymore to the king?”

29 So the king said to him, “Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have 1decided, ‘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.”