¹⁰ And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master's grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master's grandson ^(A)shall always eat at my table.” Now Ziba had ^(B)fifteen sons and twenty servants.

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?”

¹⁵ When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, ^(A)“Blessed is everyone who will ^(B)eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

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

¹¹ Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so will your servant do.” So Mephibosheth ^(A)ate at David's^[a] table, like one of the king's sons. ¹² And Mephibosheth had a young son, ^(B)whose name was Mica. And all who lived in Ziba's house became Mephibosheth's servants. ¹³ So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for ^(C)he ate always at the king's table. Now ^(D)he was lame in both his feet.