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2 Samuel 19:25

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When he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”

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2 Samuel 19:25 in other translations

And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

2 Samuel 19:25 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 19:25 in context

  1. 23The king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” The king swore to him.
  2. 24Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
  3. 25When he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”
  4. 26He answered, “My lord, O 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,’ because your servant is lame.
  5. 27He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.