2 Samuel 19:24–30

²⁴Now ^aMephibosheth the ¹son of Saul had come down to meet the king; and ^bhe had not done anything for his feet, nor done anything for his mustache, nor ^cwashed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

²⁵Now it happened when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, “^aWhy did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”

²⁶So 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 men worthy of death 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?”

²⁹So the king said to him, “Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have ¹decided, ‘You and Ziba shall divide the land.’”

³⁰And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.”