David’s
Kindness to Mephibosheth
9:1 Now David said, “Is there still anyone who
is left of the house of Saul, that I may ashow him 1kindness
for Jonathan’s sake?”
2 And there
was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was bZiba. So when they had called him to David, the king
said to him, “Are you Ziba?”
He
said, “At your service!”
3 Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show
cthe
kindness of God?”
And
Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is dlame in his
feet.”
4 So the king said to him, “Where is he?”
And
Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is
in the house of eMachir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”
5 Then King David sent and brought him out of
the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
6 Now when fMephibosheth 2the
son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and
prostrated himself. Then David said, “Mephibosheth?”
And
he answered, “Here is your servant!”
7 So David said to him, “Do not fear, for I
will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore
to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my
table continually.”
8 Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look
upon such ga
dead dog as I?”
9 And the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant,
and said to him, h“I have given to your master’s son
all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
10 You therefore, and your sons and your
servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may
have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s son ishall eat bread
at my table always.” Now Ziba had jfifteen sons and
twenty servants.
11 Then Ziba said to the king, “According to
all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will your servant do.”
“As
for Mephibosheth,” said the king, “he
shall eat at 3my table like one of the king’s sons.”
12 Mephibosheth had a young son kwhose
name was Micha. And all who dwelt in
the house of Ziba were servants of
Mephibosheth.
13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, lfor
he ate continually at the king’s table. And he mwas lame in both his
feet. (2 Samuel 9)[1]
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