Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 19:24-30

24AndMephiboshethלֹ֣אlo'H3808the son ofSaulוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559cameH413down to meet thekingH4428; and he hadneitherוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808dressed his feet,norוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808trimmed his beard,norלֹ֣אlo'H3808washed his clothes, from the day thekingH4428departed until the day hecameH413home in peace.

25And itcameH935topassH935, when he wascomeH935to Jerusalem tomeetH7125thekingH4428, that thekingH4428said unto him, Wherefore wentestnotH3808thou withmeלְמִן־le.min-H4480,MephiboshethH4648?

26And heansweredH559, My lord, OkingH4428, my servant deceivedmeH935: for thy servantsaidH559, I will saddlemeH935an ass, that I may ride thereon, andgoH1980with thekingH4428;becauseH3588thy servant is lame.

27And he hath slandered thyservantH5650unto mylordH113thekingH4428; but mylordH113thekingH4428is as an angel ofGodH559: do thereforewhatעָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haH5921is good in thine eyes.

28For all my father’s house were but deadmenבְּעַבְדְּךָ֔be.'av.de.KhaH5650beforeH5869mylordH113thekingH4428: yet didst thousetH6213thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.KhaH5650among them thatdidH6213eat at thineownH5869table.Whatהַטּ֖וֹבha.TovH2896rightH5869therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto thekingH4428?

29And thekingH4428saidאֶל־'el-H413unto him,WhyH4100speakest thouanyכָּל־kol-H3605moreH5750of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

30And MephiboshethsaidH559unto thekingH4428, Yea, let him takeallדְּבָרֶ֑יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697, forasmuch as my lord thekingH4428is come in peace unto his own house:

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