ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 9
1. And David[H1732] said[H559], Is there yet[H3426] any that is left[H3498] of the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586], that I may show[H6213] him kindness[H2617] for Jonathan[H3083]'s sake?
2. And there was of the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586] a servant[H5650] whose name[H8034] was Ziba[H6717], and they called[H7121] him unto David[H1732]; and the king[H4428] said[H559] unto him[H6717], Art thou Ziba? And he said[H559], Thy servant is he[H5650].
3. And the king[H4428] said[H559], Is there not[H657] yet any[H376] of the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586], that I may show[H6213] the kindness[H2617] of God[H430] unto him[H6717]? And Ziba said[H559] unto the king[H4428], Jonathan[H3083] hath yet a son[H1121], who is lame[H5223] of his feet[H7272].
4. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto him[H375], Where is he[H6717]? And Ziba said[H559] unto the king[H4428], Behold[H1004], he is in the house of Machir[H4353] the son[H1121] of Ammiel[H5988], in Lo-debar[H3810].
5. Then king[H4428] David[H1732] sent[H7971], and fetched[H3947] him out of the house[H1004] of Machir[H4353] the son[H1121] of Ammiel[H5988], from Lo-debar[H3810].
6. And Mephibosheth[H4648], the son[H1121] of Jonathan[H3083], the son[H1121] of Saul[H7586], came[H935] unto David[H1732], and fell[H5307] on his face[H6440], and did obeisance[H7812]. And David[H1732] said[H559], Mephibosheth[H4648]. And he answered[H559], Behold[H5650], thy servant!
7. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto him[H3372], Fear not[H6213]; for I will surely show[H6213] thee kindness[H2617] for Jonathan[H3083] thy father[H1]'s sake[H7725], and will restore thee all the land[H7704] of Saul[H7586] thy father[H1]; and thou shalt eat[H398] bread[H3899] at my table[H7979] continually[H8548].
8. And he did obeisance[H7812], and said[H559], What is thy servant[H5650], that thou shouldest look[H6437] upon such a dead[H4191] dog as I am[H3611]?
9. Then the king[H4428] called[H7121] to Ziba[H6717], Saul[H7586]'s servant[H5288], and said[H559] unto him[H1961], All that pertained to Saul[H7586] and to all his house[H1004] have I given[H5414] unto thy master[H113]'s son[H1121].
10. And thou shalt till[H5647] the land[H127] for him[H1121], thou, and thy sons, and thy servants[H5650]; and thou shalt bring[H935] in the fruits[H113], that thy master's son[H1121] may have bread[H3899] to eat[H398]: but Mephibosheth[H4648] thy master[H113]'s son[H1121] shall eat[H398] bread[H3899] alway[H8548] at my table[H7979]. Now Ziba[H6717] had fifteen[H2568] sons[H1121] and twenty[H6242] servants[H5650].
11. Then said[H559] Ziba[H6717] unto the king[H4428], According to all that my lord[H113] the king[H4428] commandeth[H6680] his servant[H5650], so shall thy servant[H5650] do[H6213]. As for Mephibosheth[H4648], said the king[H398], he shall eat at my table[H7979], as one[H259] of the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121].
12. And Mephibosheth[H4648] had a young[H6996] son[H1121], whose name[H8034] was Mica[H4316]. And all that dwelt[H4186] in the house[H1004] of Ziba[H6717] were servants[H5650] unto Mephibosheth[H4648].
13. So Mephibosheth[H4648] dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389]; for he did eat[H398] continually[H8548] at the king[H4428]'s table[H7979]. And he was lame[H6455] in both[H8147] his feet[H7272].
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