Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “(A)Everything that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s [a]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 will have food [b]to eat; nevertheless (B)Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, (C)shall [c]eat at my table regularly.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, “In accordance (D)with everything that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at [d]David’s table as one of the king’s sons.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 9:9 Lit son
  2. 2 Samuel 9:10 Lit and eat it
  3. 2 Samuel 9:10 Lit eat bread
  4. 2 Samuel 9:11 Lit my

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