²⁴ Now ^(A)Mephibosheth the ^[a]son of Saul had come down to meet the king; and ^(B)he had not done anything for his feet, nor done anything for his mustache, nor ^(C)washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. ²⁵ Now it happened when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, “^(D)Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?” ²⁶ So 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,’ ^(E)because your servant is lame. ²⁷ Moreover, ^(F)he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is ^(G)like the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight. ²⁸ For ^(H)all my father’s household was nothing but men worthy of death before my lord the king; ^(I)yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should ^[b]complain anymore to the king?” ²⁹ So the king said to him, “Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have ^[c]decided, ‘You and Ziba shall divide the land.’” ³⁰ And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.”