⁷ And David said to him, “Do not fear, ^(A)for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and ^(B)you shall eat at my table always.”

²⁸ For all my father's house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, but ^(A)you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?”

⁷ But deal loyally with the sons of ^(A)Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be ^(B)among those who eat at your table, ^(C)for with such loyalty^[a] they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

²⁹ So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life ^(A)he dined regularly at the king's table,