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David's Kindness to Mephibosheth

¹ Then David said, "Is there ^(F1)anyone still left of the house of Saul, ^(C1)so that I could show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"² Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they summoned him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you ^(C1)Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant."³ Then the king said, "Is there no one remaining of the house of Saul to whom I could show the ^(C1)kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "^(C2)There is still a son of Jonathan, one who is disabled 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 ^(F1)messengers who 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 Then David said to him, "Do not be afraid, for ^(C1)I will assuredly show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I ^(C2)will restore to you all the ^(F1)land of your ^(F2)grandfather Saul; and ^(C3)you yourself shall ^(F3)eat at my table regularly."⁸ Again he prostrated himself, and said, "What is your servant, that you should be concerned about ^(C1)a dead dog like me?"

⁹ Then the king summoned Saul's servant Ziba and said to him, "^(C1)Everything 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 will have food ^(F1)to eat; nevertheless ^(C1)Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, ^(C2)shall ^(F2)eat at my table regularly." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.¹¹ Then Ziba said to the king, "In accordance ^(C1)with everything 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, because ^(C1)he ate at the king's table regularly. And ^(C2)he was disabled in his two feet.