2 Samuel 19:28 meaning and explanation

For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”

2 Samuel 19:28, Berean Standard Bible

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Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson and Jonathan's son, is answering David after the king asks why he did not flee with him during Absalom's revolt. He explains that his servant Ziba deceived him and slandered him, and he has come unkempt as a sign of mourning.

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