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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>2 Samuel 9 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_samuel/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > 2 Samuel 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/8.htm" title="2 Samuel 8">◄</a> 2 Samuel 9 <a href="../2_samuel/10.htm" title="2 Samuel 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/2_samuel/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Later on, David asked, “Is there anyone left alive from Saul’s household to whom I can show gracious love in memory<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:1 Lit. love for the sake">a</a></span> of Jonathan?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A household servant of Saul named Ziba was called to appear before David, and the king asked him, “Are you Ziba?”</p> <p class="reg">“I am your servant,” Ziba replied.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>At this the king asked, “Isn’t there still someone left from Saul’s household to whom I may show God’s gracious love?”</p> <p class="reg">“There’s Jonathan’s son. He has maimed feet, ” Ziba answered.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So David asked, “Where is he?”</p> <p class="reg">Ziba responded, “He’s in Lo-debar at the home of Ammiel’s son Makir.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>At this, King David sent for him and brought him from the home of Ammiel’s son Makir in Lo-debar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son and a grandson of Saul, approached David, he threw himself on his face out of respect.</p> <p class="reg">“Mephibosheth!” David said as he greeted him.</p> <p class="reg">“Hello! I am your servant,” he replied.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Don’t be afraid,” David reassured him, “because I’m going to show gracious love to you in memory<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:7 Lit. love for the sake">b</a></span> 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<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:7 Lit. always eat">c</a></span> at my table!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Mephibosheth<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:8 Lit. He">d</a></span> bowed low again and asked, “Who am I, your servant, that you would pay attention to a dead dog like me?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>At 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You 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<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:10 Lit. always eat">e</a></span> at my table.” (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and 20 servants.)</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Later, Ziba told 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Mephibosheth fathered a son named Mica, and everyone who lived in Ziba’s house became Mephibosheth’s servants. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Mephibosheth continued to live in Jerusalem, always eating at the king’s table, since he was maimed in both feet.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 9:1 Lit. <i>love for the sake</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 9:7 Lit. <i>love for the sake</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 9:7 Lit. always eat<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 9:8 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 9:10 Lit. <i>always eat</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_samuel/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_samuel/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/2_samuel/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>