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The king asked him, "Are you Ziba?" He replied, "At your service."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The king asked, "Is there not someone left from Saul's family, that I may extend God's kindness to him?" Ziba said to the king, "One of Jonathan's sons is left; both of his feet are crippled."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The king asked him, "Where is he?" Ziba told the king, "He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The king said to him, “Where is he?” And Ziba said to the king, “He is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So King David had him brought from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. David said, "Mephibosheth?" He replied, "Yes, at your service." <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, “Mephibosheth!” And he answered, “Behold, I am your servant.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">David said to him, "Don't be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. You will be a regular guest at my table."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Mephibosheth bowed and said, "Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?" <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he paid homage and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog such as I?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul's attendant, and said to him, "Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master's grandson.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the king called Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s grandson.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">You will cultivate the land for him--you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce and it will be food for your master's grandson to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will be a regular guest at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.) <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master’s grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s grandson shall always eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do everything that my lord the king has instructed his servant to do." So Mephibosheth was a regular guest at David's table, just as though he were one of the king's sons. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so will your servant do.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table, like one of the king’s sons.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba's household were Mephibosheth's servants.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all who lived in Ziba’s house became Mephibosheth’s servants.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, for he was a regular guest at the king's table. But both his feet were crippled. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate always at the king’s table. Now he was lame in both his feet.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%"><a href "//netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. //netbible.com. Used by permission. 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