²⁴ Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

²⁶ but if he say thus, 'I have no delight in you;' behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him."