2 Samuel 9
AMP
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

Amplified Bible

2 Samuel 9:7-13

7David said to him, “Do not be afraid, for I will certainly show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall always eat at my table.”

8Again Mephibosheth lay himself face down and said, “What is your servant, that you would be concerned for a dead dog like me?”

9Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “I have given your master’s grandson everything that belonged to Saul and to all his house (family).

10You 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 to eat; but Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, shall always eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

11Then Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do according to everything that my lord the king commands.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table as one of the king’s sons.

12Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in Ziba’s house were servants to Mephibosheth.

13So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he always ate at the king’s table. And he was lame in both feet.

Read all of 2 Samuel 9

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 9

Amplified Bible — © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631