And now, Lord Jehovah, thou art the God, and thy words must be true: for thou hast told this goodness unto thy servant.

Then said Ziba unto the king, "All that my lord hath said unto his servant, thy servant shall do." "For," said the king, "Mephibosheth must eat upon my table, as one of the king's sons."

For we must needs die, and perish as water spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered up again: and God will not take away the life, but find the means that the banished be not utterly expelled from him.

And she said, "It hath been a common saying in the old time: 'Men must ask of Abel, and then go and finish the work.'

But the man that shall touch them must be armed with iron on a long helve. And then shall they be burned with fire to sit thereby."