New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 9:7-13

7Then David said to him, “Do not be afraid, for 1I will assuredly show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I 2will restore to you all the 3land of your 4grandfather Saul; and 5you yourself shall 6eat at my table regularly.” 8Again he prostrated himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should be concerned about 7a dead dog like me?”

9Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “8Everything that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s 9grandson. 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 will have food 10to eat; nevertheless 11Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, 12shall 13eat at my table regularly.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11Then Ziba said to the king, “In accordance 14with everything that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at 15David’s table as one of the king’s sons. 12Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. 13So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because 16he ate at the king’s table regularly. And 17he was disabled in his two feet.

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Notes

1. 2 Samuel 9:7 2 Sam 9:1, 3 ↩
2. 2 Samuel 9:7 2 Sam 12:8 ↩
3. 2 Samuel 9:7 Lit field ↩
4. 2 Samuel 9:7 Lit father ↩
5. 2 Samuel 9:7 2 Sam 19:28; 1 Kin 2:7; 2 Kin 25:29 ↩
6. 2 Samuel 9:7 Lit eat bread ↩
7. 2 Samuel 9:8 2 Sam 16:9; 1 Sam 24:14 ↩
8. 2 Samuel 9:9 2 Sam 16:4; 19:29 ↩
9. 2 Samuel 9:9 Lit son ↩
10. 2 Samuel 9:10 Lit and eat it ↩
11. 2 Samuel 9:10 2 Sam 9:7, 11, 13 ↩
12. 2 Samuel 9:10 2 Sam 19:28; 1 Kin 2:7 ↩
13. 2 Samuel 9:10 Lit eat bread ↩
14. 2 Samuel 9:11 2 Sam 16:1-4; 19:24-30 ↩
15. 2 Samuel 9:11 Lit my ↩
16. 2 Samuel 9:13 2 Sam 9:7, 11 ↩
17. 2 Samuel 9:13 2 Sam 9:3 ↩

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