Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Second
Samuel: Chapter 9
1. AND David said, Is there
yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness
for Jonathan's sake?
2. And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba.
And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art
thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
3. And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I
may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the
king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
4. And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king,
Behold, he is in the house of Ma-chir, the son of Am-mi-el, in
Lo-de-bar.
5. Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Ma-chir,
and the son of Am-mi-el from Lo-de-bar.
6. Now when Me-phib-o-sheth, the son of Joanthan, the son of Saul, was
come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David
said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
7. And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee
kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the
land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table
continually.
8. And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou
shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
9. Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I
have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all
his house.
10. Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land
for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may
have food to eat: but Me-phib-o-sheth thy master's son shall eat bread
alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
11. Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king
hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Me-phib-o-sheth,
said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
12. And Me-phib-o-sheth had a young son, whose name was Mi-cha.
And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
13. So Me-phib-o-sheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at
the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
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