2 Samuel 19
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2 Samuel 19:24-30

24Then MephiboshethH4648, Saul’sH7586 grandsonH1121, went downH3381 to meetH7122 the kingH4428. He had notH3808 caredH6213 for his feetH7272 or trimmedH6213 his mustacheH8222 or washedH3526 his clothesH899H3808 fromH4480 the dayH3117 the kingH4428 had leftH1980 untilH5704 the dayH3117 he returnedH935 safelyH7965. 25AndH1961 he cameH935 from JerusalemH3389 to meetH7122 the kingH4428, who askedH559 him, “MephiboshethH4648, whyH4100 did you notH3808 goH1980 with meH5973?”

26“My lordH113 the kingH4428,” he repliedH559, “becauseH3588 I am lameH6455, I saidH559, ‘I will have my donkeyH2543 saddledH22801 so that I may rideH7392 on itH5921 and goH1980 withH854 the kingH4428.’ But my servantH5650 Ziba deceived meH7411, 27and he has slanderedH7270 your servantH5650 toH413 my lordH113 the kingH4428.

Yet my lordH113 the kingH4428 is like the angelH43972 of GodH430, so doH6213 what is goodH2896 in your eyesH5869. 28ForH3588H3808H1961 allH3605 the houseH1004 of my grandfatherH1H3588H518H376 deserves deathH4194 from my lordH113 the kingH4428, yet you have setH7896 your servantH5650 among those who eatH398 at your tableH7979. WhatH4100 furtherH5750 right, thenH6666, do I haveH3426 to keepH5750 appealingH2199 toH413 the kingH4428?”

29The kingH4428 repliedH559, “WhyH4100 sayH1696 any moreH5750? I hereby declareH559 that youH859 and ZibaH6717 are to divideH2505 the landH7704.”

30And MephiboshethH4648 saidH559 toH413 the kingH4428, “InsteadH1571, sinceH310 my lordH113 the kingH4428 has safelyH7965 comeH935 toH413 his own houseH1004, let Ziba takeH3947 it allH3605!”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Samuel 19:26 LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate Saddle a donkey for me; Hebrew I will saddle a donkey for myself ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 19:27 Or Angel ↩

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