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David's Kindness to Mephibosheth

¹ Then David said, "Is there yet ^(F1)anyone left of the house of Saul, ^(C1)that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"² Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you ^(C1)Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant."³ The king said, "Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the ^(C1)kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "^(C2)There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet."⁴ So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is ^(C1)in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar."⁵ Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.^6 (C1)Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, came to David and ^(C2)fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David said, "Mephibosheth." And he said, "Here is your servant!"⁷ David said to him, "Do not fear, for ^(C1)I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and ^(C2)will restore to you all the ^(F1)land of your ^(F2)grandfather Saul; and ^(C3)you shall ^(F3)eat at my table regularly."⁸ Again he prostrated himself and said, "What is your servant, that you should regard ^(C1)a dead dog like me?"

⁹ Then the king called Saul's servant Ziba and said to him, "^(C1)All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's ^(F1)grandson.¹⁰ "You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food; nevertheless ^(C1)Mephibosheth your master's grandson ^(C2)shall ^(F1)eat at my table regularly." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.¹¹ Then Ziba said to the king, "According ^(C1)to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do." So Mephibosheth ate at ^(F1)David's table as one of the king's sons.¹² Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.¹³ So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for ^(C1)he ate at the king's table regularly. Now ^(C2)he was lame in both feet.