But Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”
2 Samuel 19:25 - Tree of Life Version Then Mephibosheth son of Saul came down to meet the king. Now he had neither dressed his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes from the day the king departed until the day he came home in shalom. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, David said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth? American Standard Version (1901) 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? Common English Bible When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Mephibosheth, why didn’t you go with me?” Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him: Why camest thou not with me, Miphiboseth? |
But Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”
(Saul’s son Jonathan had a son whose legs were crippled. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse picked him up and fled. It came about, as she was hurrying to flee, that he fell and was crippled. His name was Mephibosheth.)
Then Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan son of Saul, came to David, fell on his face and prostrated himself. “Mephibosheth!” David said. “Behold your servant!” he answered. “Don’t be afraid,”