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.

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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

Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s steward, and said to him, “I have given your master’s grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family. 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.)

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