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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">David and Mephibosheth</h3><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.1" class="v10_9_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.9.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> One day David asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul's family? If there is, I would like to show him kindness for Jonathan's sake.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.2" class="v10_9_2">2</span>There was a servant of Saul's family named Ziba, and he was told to go to David. “Are you Ziba?” the king asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_2">“At your service, sir,” he answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.3" class="v10_9_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.9.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The king asked him, “Is there anyone left of Saul's family to whom I can show loyalty and kindness, as I promised God I would?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_3">Ziba answered, “There is still one of Jonathan's sons. He is crippled.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.4" class="v10_9_4">4</span>“Where is he?” the king asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_4">“At the home of Machir son of Ammiel in Lodebar,” Ziba answered. </span><span class="v10_9_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.5" class="v10_9_5">5</span>So King David sent for him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.6" class="v10_9_6">6</span>When Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul, arrived, he bowed down before David in respect. David said, “Mephibosheth,” and he answered, “At your service, sir.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.7" class="v10_9_7">7</span>“Don't be afraid,” David replied. “I will be kind to you for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will give you back all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always be welcome at my table.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.8" class="v10_9_8">8</span>Mephibosheth bowed again and said, “I am no better than a dead dog, sir! Why should you be so good to me?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.9" class="v10_9_9">9</span>Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said, “I am giving Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, everything that belonged to Saul and his family. </span><span class="v10_9_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.10" class="v10_9_10">10</span>You, your sons, and your servants will farm the land for your master Saul's family and bring in the harvest, to provide food for them. But Mephibosheth himself will always be a guest at my table.” (Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.11" class="v10_9_11">11</span>Ziba answered, “I will do everything Your Majesty commands.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_9_11">So Mephibosheth ate at the king's<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.9.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> table, just like one of the king's sons. </span><span class="v10_9_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.12" class="v10_9_12">12</span>Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. All the members of Ziba's family became servants of Mephibosheth. </span><span class="v10_9_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.9.13" class="v10_9_13">13</span>So Mephibosheth, who was crippled in both feet, lived in Jerusalem, eating all his meals at the king's table.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.11: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the king's; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">my.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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