⁷ “Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan.^(A) I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.^(B)”

David and Mephibosheth

9 David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”^(A)

⁷ “But show kindness^(A) to the sons of Barzillai^(B) of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table.^(C) They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

³ The king asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?”

Ziba answered the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan;^(A) he is lame^(B) in both feet.”

²⁸ All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death^(A) from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table.^(B) So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”

²⁹ Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰ But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,^(A) Mary; you have found favor with God.^(B)

¹¹ Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law^(A) since the death of your husband^(B)—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know^(C) before.^{(D) 12} May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,^(E) the God of Israel,^(F) under whose wings^(G) you have come to take refuge.^(H)”

³⁰ so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom^(A) and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.^(B)

¹² When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.^{(A) 13} But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid,^(B) Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.^(C)