2 Samuel 19:30
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New International Version (©2011)
Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has returned home safely."

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Give him all of it," Mephibosheth said. "I am content just to have you safely back again, my lord the king!"

English Standard Version (©2001)
And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Oh, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Mephibosheth said to the king, "Instead, since my lord the king has come to his palace safely, let Ziba take it all!"

International Standard Version (©2012)
But Mephibosheth told the king, "Let him take all of it, now that your majesty the king has returned safely to his palace."

NET Bible (©2006)
Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him have the whole thing! My lord the king has returned safely to his house!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Let him take it all," Mephibosheth told the king. "It's enough for me that you've come home safely."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

American King James Version
And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, for as much as my lord the king is come again in peace to his own house.

American Standard Version
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Miphiboseth answered the king: Yea, let him take all, for as much as my lord the king is returned peaceably into his house.

Darby Bible Translation
And Mephibosheth said to the king, Let him even take all, since my lord the king is come again in peace to his own house.

English Revised Version
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house:

Webster's Bible Translation
And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king hath come again in peace to his own house.

World English Bible
Mephibosheth said to the king, "Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house."

Young's Literal Translation
And Mephibosheth saith unto the king, 'Yea, the whole let him take, after that my lord the king hath come in peace unto his house.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

19:24-30 David recalls the forfeiture of Mephibosheth's estate; and he expressed joy for the king's return. A good man contentedly bears his own losses, while he sees Israel in peace, and the Son of David exalted.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 30. - Yea, let him take all. These words betray a feeling of resentment. Though outwardly they profess to regard the loss of the property with indifference, as compared with the joy of the king's return, yet this sort of "I don't care" answer usually covers anger. Blunt's arguments ('Undesigned Coincidences,' p. 157, etc.), to show that Mephibosheth really was a traitor, are ingenious, but not convincing.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Mephibosheth said unto the king, yea, let him take all,.... The whole estate, as David had given it to him; he was content that that last grant should stand:

forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house; his palace in Jerusalem; which was a strong expression of affection for him, and loyalty to him. (Solomn used a similar test to determine which woman's baby was alive. 1 Kings 3:16. He purposed the baby be cut in two to reveal who the real mother was. Likewise, David suggests the property should be divided between Ziba and Miphibosheth to determine the true loyalty of the later. 2 Samuel 19:29 Editor.)

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Mephibosheth Excused
…28For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet did you set your servant among them that did eat at your own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more to the king? 29And the king said to him, Why speak you any more of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba divide the land. 30And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, for as much as my lord the king is come again in peace to his own house.

2 Samuel 19:29 The king said to him, "Why say more? I order you and Ziba to divide the land."
2 Samuel 19:31 Barzillai the Gileadite also came down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and to send him on his way from there.