25When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?"


In Context

22 David replied, "What do you and I have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? This day you have become my adversaries! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Do I not know that today I am king over Israel?"

23 So the king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." And the king promised him on oath.

24 Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, also went down to meet the king. He had not taken care of his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.

25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?"

26 He said, "My lord the king, since I your servant am lame, I said, 'I will have my donkey saddled and will ride on it, so I can go with the king.' But Ziba my servant betrayed me.

27 And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king is like an angel of God; so do whatever pleases you.

2nd Samuel 19:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:25And 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?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:25And when he met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him: Why camest thou not with me, Miphiboseth?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:25And 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:25And as soon as Jerusalem came to meet the king, the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:25And 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:25And it came to pass, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:25It happened, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, |Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:25and it cometh to pass, when he hath come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king saith to him, 'Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:25And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why went not you with me, Mephibosheth?