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 [a]to eat; nevertheless (A)Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, (B)shall [b]eat at my table regularly.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, “In accordance (C)with everything that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at [c]David’s table as one of the king’s sons. 12 Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

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

10 You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your master’s grandson(A) may be provided for. And Mephibosheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table.” (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

11 Then Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do whatever my lord the king commands his servant to do.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s[a] table like one of the king’s sons.(B)

12 Mephibosheth had a young son named Mika, and all the members of Ziba’s household were servants of Mephibosheth.(C)

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  1. 2 Samuel 9:11 Septuagint; Hebrew my