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10 You and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him, and shall bring in the produce, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat; but your master’s grandson Mephibosheth[a] shall always eat at my table.’ Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, ‘According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.’ Mephibosheth[b] ate at David’s[c] table, like one of the king’s sons. 12 Mephibosheth[d] had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in Ziba’s house became Mephibosheth’s[e] servants.

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  1. 2 Samuel 9:10 Or Merib-baal: See 4.4 note
  2. 2 Samuel 9:11 Or Merib-baal: See 4.4 note
  3. 2 Samuel 9:11 Gk: Heb my
  4. 2 Samuel 9:12 Or Merib-baal: See 4.4 note
  5. 2 Samuel 9:12 Or Merib-baal’s: See 4.4 note

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