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2Samuel 9
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David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth

9Later on, David asked, "Is there anyone left alive from Saul's household to whom I can show gracious love in memory of Jonathan?"H1732H559H3426H3498H1004H7586H6213H2617H3083
2A household servant of Saul named Ziba was called to appear before David, and the king asked him, "Are you Ziba?" "I am your servant," Ziba replied.H1004H7586H5650H8034H6717H7121H1732H4428H559H6717H559H5650
3At this the king asked, "Isn't there still someone left from Saul's household to whom I may show God's gracious love?" "There's Jonathan's son. He has maimed feet, " Ziba answered.H4428H559H657H376H1004H7586H6213H2617H430H6717H559H4428H3083H1121H5223H7272
4So David asked, "Where is he?" Ziba responded, "He's in Lo-debar at the home of Ammiel's son Makir."H4428H559H375H6717H559H4428H1004H4353H1121H5988H3810
5At this, King David sent for him and brought him from the home of Ammiel's son Makir in Lo-debar.H4428H1732H7971H3947H1004H4353H1121H5988H3810
6When Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son and a grandson of Saul, approached David, he threw himself on his face out of respect. "Mephibosheth!" David said as he greeted him. "Hello! I am your servant," he replied.9H4648H1121H3083H1121H7586H935H1732H5307H6440H7812H1732H559H4648H559H5650
7"Don't be afraid," David reassured him, "because I'm going to show gracious love to you in memory of your father Jonathan. I'm going to restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you'll always have a place at my table!"H1732H559H3372H6213H6213H2617H3083H1H7725H7704H7586H1H398H3899H7979H8548
8Mephibosheth bowed low again and asked, "Who am I, your servant, that you would pay attention to a dead dog like me?"H7812H559H5650H6437H4191H3611
9At this, the king called for Saul's servant Ziba and told him, "I'm restoring to your master's grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family.H4428H7121H6717H7586H5288H559H5414H113H1121H1961H7586H1004
10You and your servants are to farm the land on his behalf and bring in the crops in order to provide for your master's grandson. Meanwhile, Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will always have a place at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and 20 servants.)H1121H5650H5647H127H935H113H1121H3899H398H4648H113H1121H398H3899H8548H7979H6717H2568H6240H1121H6242H5650
11Later, Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do everything that your majesty the king commands him." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table like one of the king's sons.H559H6717H4428H113H4428H6680H5650H5650H6213H4648H398H7979H259H4428H1121
12Mephibosheth fathered a son named Mica, and everyone who lived in Ziba's house became Mephibosheth's servants.H4648H6996H1121H8034H4316H4186H1004H6717H5650H4648
13Mephibosheth continued to live in Jerusalem, always eating at the king's table, since he was maimed in both feet.912H4648H3427H3389H398H8548H4428H7979H6455H8147H7272


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