2Sa 9:2-13 | NASB1995 | STEP | 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 Ziba ?” And he said , “ I am your servant .”

2 Samuel 9:2-13

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 ^aZiba?” 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 ^bkindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, ^c“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 ^din 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 ^eMephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, came to David and ^ffell 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 ^gI will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and ^hwill restore to you all the ^{▼▼ Lit field}land of your ^{▼▼ Lit father}grandfather Saul; and ^kyou shall ^{▼▼ Lit eat bread}eat at my table regularly.” 8 Again he prostrated himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should regard ^ma dead dog like me?”

9 Then the king called Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, ⁿ“All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s ^{▼▼ Lit son}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 ^pMephibosheth your master’s grandson ^qshall ^{▼▼ Lit eat bread}eat at my table regularly.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, “According ^sto all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at ^{▼▼ Lit my}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 ^uhe ate at the king’s table regularly. Now ^vhe was lame in both feet.