Study Desk

Then ^(C1)Mephibosheth the ^(F1)grandson of Saul came down to meet the king; but ^(C2)he had neither ^(F2)tended to his feet, nor ^(F2)trimmed his mustache, nor ^(C3)washed his clothes since the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

And it was when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "^(C1)Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?"

So he said, "My lord the king, my servant betrayed me; for your servant said, 'I will ^(F1)saddle the donkey for myself so that I may ride on it and go with the king,' ^(C1)since your servant cannot walk.

"Furthermore, ^(C1)he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is ^(C2)like the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight.

"For ^(C1)all my father's household was only people worthy of death to my lord the king; ^(C2)yet you placed your servant among those who ate at your own table. So what right do I still have, that I should ^(F1)complain anymore to the king?"

So the king said to him, "Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have ^(F1)decided, 'You and Ziba shall divide the land.'"

And Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house."