26 He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself,[a] that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ For (A)your servant is lame. 27 (B)He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is (C)like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:26 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate Saddle a donkey for me

26 He said, “My lord the king, since I your servant am lame,(A) I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled and will ride on it, so I can go with the king.’ But Ziba(B) my servant betrayed me. 27 And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king is like an angel(C) of God; so do whatever you wish.

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