2 Samuel 19:17-30

17And there were a thousand menH376 of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sonsH1121 and his twenty servants with him; and they forded the Jordan before the kingH4428.

18And a ferry boat passed to and fro to carry over the king's householdH1004, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the sonH1121 of Gera fell down before the kingH4428 as he was [just] crossing over the JordanH3383.

19And he said to the kingH4428, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the kingH4428 went out of Jerusalem, that the kingH4428 should take it to heart.

20For thy servantH5650 knows that I have sinned; and behold, I am comeH3318 the first this dayH3117 of all the house of Joseph to goH3318 down to meet my lordH113 the kingH4428.

21And Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah's anointed?

22And David saidH559, What have I to do with you, ye sonsH1121 of ZeruiahH6870, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? Should there any man be putH4191 to deathH4191 this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

23And the kingH4428 saidH559 to Shimei, Thou shalt not dieH4191. And the kingH4428 swore to him.

24And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the kingH4428. Now he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the kingH4428 departed until the day he came [again] in peace.

25And as soon as Jerusalem cameH935 to meet the kingH4428, the kingH4428 said to him, Why didst thou not goH935 with me, MephiboshethH4648?

26And he saidH559, My lord, O kingH4428, my servant deceived me; for thy servant saidH559, I will saddle me the ass, and ride thereon, and goH1980 with the kingH4428; for thy servant is lame.

27And he has slandered thy servantH5650 to my lordH113 the kingH4428; but my lordH113 the kingH4428 is as an angel of 1God; do therefore what is good in thy sight.

28For all my father's house were but dead men before my lordH113 the kingH4428; and thou didst set thy servantH5650 among them that eat at thine ownH5869 table. What further right therefore have I? and for what should I cry any more to the kingH4428?

29And the kingH4428 said to him, WhyH4100 speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

30And Mephibosheth saidH559 to the kingH4428, Let him even take all, since my lord the kingH4428 is come againH5750 in peace to his own house.