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.