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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" /><title>2 Samuel 9 NLT</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="../">NLT</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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/2_samuel/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">David’s 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>One day David asked, “Is anyone in Saul’s family still alive—anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He summoned a man named Ziba, who had been one of Saul’s servants. “Are you Ziba?” the king asked.</p><p class="reg">“Yes sir, I am,” Ziba replied.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The king then asked him, “Is anyone still alive from Saul’s family? If so, I want to show God’s kindness to them.”</p><p class="reg">Ziba replied, “Yes, one of Jonathan’s sons is still alive. He is crippled in both feet.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Where is he?” the king asked.</p><p class="reg">“In Lo-debar,” Ziba told him, “at the home of Makir son of Ammiel.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So David sent for him and brought him from Makir’s home. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>His name was Mephibosheth<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>; he was Jonathan’s son and Saul’s grandson. When he came to David, he bowed low to the ground in deep respect. David said, “Greetings, Mephibosheth.”</p><p class="reg">Mephibosheth replied, “I am your servant.”</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 said. “I intend to show kindness to you because of my promise to your father, Jonathan. I will give you all the property that once belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will eat here with me at the king’s table!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Mephibosheth bowed respectfully and exclaimed, “Who is your servant, that you should show such kindness 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>Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said, “I have given 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 sons and servants are to farm the land for him to produce food for your master’s household.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will eat here at my table.” (Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Ziba replied, “Yes, my lord the king; I am your servant, and I will do all that you have commanded.” And from that time on, Mephibosheth ate regularly at David’s table,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> like one of the king’s own sons.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. From then on, all the members of Ziba’s household were Mephibosheth’s servants. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Mephibosheth, who was crippled in both feet, lived in Jerusalem and ate regularly at the king’s table.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">9:6 </span><span class="it">Mephibosheth</span><span class="ft"> is another name for Merib-baal.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">9:10 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">your master’s grandson.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">9:11 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">my table.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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