2 Samuel 19:24–30

²⁴And ^mMephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety. ²⁵And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, ⁿ“Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?” ²⁶He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself,² that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ For ^oyour servant is lame. ^27pHe has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is ^qlike the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you. ²⁸For all my father’s house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, but ^ryou set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?” ²⁹And the king said to him, “Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land.” ³⁰And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Oh, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home.”