2 Samuel 19:19-39 (19:20) And he said unto the king, Let not my Lord impute it unto me as iniquity, neither do thou remember that in which thy servant acted perversely on the day that my Lord the king went forth out of Jerusalem, so that the king should lay it to his heart.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁹ ^(19:20) And he said unto the king, Let not my Lord impute it unto me as iniquity, neither do thou remember that in which thy servant acted perversely on the day that my Lord the king went forth out of Jerusalem, so that the king should lay it to his heart. ²⁰ ^(19:21) For thy servant doth know that I have indeed sinned; and, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my Lord the king. ²¹ ^(19:22) But Abishai the son of Zeruyah spoke out and said, Shall Shim’i for this not be put to death, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed? ²² ^(19:23) And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruyah, that ye should become a hindrance this day unto me? shall this day any man be put to death in Israel? for do I not know that this day I am king over Israel? ²³ ^(19:24) And the king said unto Shim’i, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore unto him. ²⁴ ^(19:25) And Mephibosheth the grand son of Saul came down to meet the king, and he had not dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day that the king departed until the day that he came home in peace. ²⁵ ^(19:26) And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth? ²⁶ ^(19:27) And he answered, My Lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said, I will saddle for me the ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame. ²⁷ ^(19:28) And he slandered thy servant unto my Lord the king; but my Lord the king is like an angel of God: do then what is good in thy eyes. ²⁸ ^(19:29) For all of my father’s house were nothing but men deserving death with my Lord the king: and yet didst thou set thy servant among those that eat at thy own table. What other merit therefore have I, and what to complain of yet farther unto the king? ²⁹ ^(19:30) And the king said unto him, For what purpose speakest thou yet thy words? I have said, Thou and Ziba shall divide the field. ³⁰ ^(19:31) And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take the whole, since that my Lord the king is come back in peace unto his own house. ³¹ ^(19:32) And Barzillai the Gil’adite came down from Rogelim; and he passed over the Jordan with the king, to accompany him over the Jordan. ³² ^(19:33) Now Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old: and he had sustained the king while he lay at Machanayim; for he was a very great man. ³³ ^(19:34) And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee near me in Jerusalem. ³⁴ ^(19:35) But Barzillai said unto the king, How many yet are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? ³⁵ ^(19:36) I am eighty years old this day: can I discern between good and evil? or can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? or can I listen yet to the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant become yet a burden unto my Lord the king? ³⁶ ^(19:37) Thy servant will pass a little way over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense me with this reward? ³⁷ ^(19:38) Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the sepulchre of my father and of my mother. But, behold, thy servant Kimham will pass over with my Lord the king; and do to him what is good in thy eyes. ³⁸ ^(19:39) And the king said, Kimham shall pass over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good in thy eyes: and whatsoever thou wilt desire of me, will I do for thee. ³⁹ ^(19:40) And all the people passed over the Jordan, after the king had passed over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.