SEV Biblia, Chapter 19:24
¶ También Mefi-boset hijo de Saúl descendió a recibir al rey; no había lavado sus pies, ni había cortado su barba, ni tampoco había lavado sus vestidos, desde el día que el rey salió hasta el día que vino en paz.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:24
Verse 24. Neither dressed his feet] He had given the fullest proof of his sincere attachment to David and his cause; and by what he had done, amply refuted the calumnies of his servant Ziba.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king , etc.] Not down to Jordan, but Jerusalem; when the king was come thither, he came from his own dwelling to the king’s palace; he is called the son of Saul, though he was his grandson, and grandsons are sometimes called sons; though in the Septuagint it is, the son’s son of Saul; and the Syriac and Arabic versions are, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul: and had neither dressed his feet ; had not cut his nails, as the Septuagint adds, his toenails; or rather had not washed his feet, as the Targum paraphrases it; which was frequently done in those countries, partly for refreshment, and partly to remove the filth of them contracted by walking barefooted, or only with sandals; as also because of the ill smell of them, which was offensive: nor trimmed his beard ; or shaved his upper lip, and took no care that the hair of his chin should be in any order; otherwise that was never shaved, to do it would be contrary to the law in ( Leviticus 19:27); nor washed his clothes ; his linen clothes, his shirts, or any other that used to be washed; or “whitened” them, as the Targum, he had not sent them, his woollen clothes, to the fuller, to get out the spots, and whiten them. All these were tokens of mourning, and showed him to be a sincere mourner for the king’s departure, and the trouble he was in, since it was so long continued: from the day the king departed, until the day he came [again] in peace ; which must be a considerable time, and therefore he must be in a most sordid and rueful condition.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24-30 - David recalls the forfeiture of Mephibosheth's estate; and he expresse 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.
Original Hebrew
ומפבשׁת 4648 בן 1121 שׁאול 7586 ירד 3381 לקראת 7125 המלך 4428 ולא 3808 עשׂה 6213 רגליו 7272 ולא 3808 עשׂה 6213 שׂפמו 8222 ואת 853 בגדיו 899 לא 3808 כבס 3526 למן 4480 היום 3117 לכת 1980 המלך 4428 עד 5704 היום 3117 אשׁר 834 בא 935 בשׁלום׃ 7965
