²⁴ Then ^(A)Mephibosheth the ^[a]grandson of Saul came down to meet the king; but ^(B)he had neither ^[b]tended to his feet, nor ^[c]trimmed his mustache, nor ^(C)washed his clothes since the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. ²⁵ And it was 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 said, “My lord the king, my servant betrayed me; for your servant said, ‘I will ^[d]saddle the donkey for myself so that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ ^(E)since your servant cannot walk. ²⁷ Furthermore, ^(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 only people worthy of death to my lord the king; ^(I)yet you placed your servant among those who ate at your own table. So what right do I still have, that I should ^[e]complain anymore to the king?” ²⁹ So the king said to him, “Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have ^[f]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 safely to his own house.”