22 And David said: 'What is it to me and to all of you, O sons of Zeruiah? Why are you acting toward me this day like Satan? Why should any man be put to death on this day in Israel? Or do you not know that today I have been made king over Israel?'
23 And the king said to Shimei, 'You shall not die.' And he swore to him.
24 And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, descended to meet the king, with unwashed feet and uncut beard. And he had not washed his garments from the day that the king had departed, until the day of his return in peace.
25 And when he had met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him, 'Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?'
26 And in response, he said: 'My lord the king, my servant spurned me. And I, your servant, spoke to him so that he might saddle a donkey for me, and I might climb upon it and go with the king. For I, your servant, am lame.
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