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2 Samuel 19:28

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For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?”

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2 Samuel 19:28 in other translations

For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king?

2 Samuel 19:28 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 19:28 in context

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 28For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?”
  4. 29The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”
  5. 30Mephibosheth said to the king, “Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.”