2 Samuel 9 (New American Standard Bible)

2 Samuel 9

David's Kindness to Mephibosheth

 ¹Then David said, "Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, ^(A)that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"

 ²Now 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 ^(B)Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant."

 ³The king said, "Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the ^(C)kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "^(D)There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet."

 ⁴So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is ^(E)in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar."

 ⁵Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

 ^6(F)Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, came to David and ^(G)fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David said, "Mephibosheth." And he said, "Here is your servant!"

 ⁷David said to him, "Do not fear, for ^(H)I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and ^(I)will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and ^(J)you shall eat at my table regularly."

 ⁸Again he prostrated himself and said, "What is your servant, that you should regard ^(K)a dead dog like me?"

 ⁹Then the king called Saul's servant Ziba and said to him, "^(L)All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's grandson.

 ¹⁰"You 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; nevertheless ^(M)Mephibosheth your master's grandson ^(N)shall eat at my table regularly." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

 ¹¹Then Ziba said to the king, "According ^(O)to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do." 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 the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

 ¹³So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for ^(P)he ate at the king's table regularly Now ^(Q)he was lame in both feet.