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2 Samuel 9
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2 Samuel 9
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
David viser særlig godhed imod Mefiboshet
9 En dag kom David til at tænke på, om der mon stadig var nogle tilbage af Sauls efterkommere, som han kunne vise godhed mod, sådan som han havde lovet Jonatan. 2 Der var en mand ved navn Ziba, der engang havde været en af Sauls betroede tjenere. Ham sendte David bud efter.
„Er du Ziba?” spurgte han.
„Ja,” svarede manden.
3 Kongen fortsatte: „Er der ikke nogen tilbage af Sauls efterkommere, som jeg kan vise godhed og derved indfri et løfte, jeg har givet for Guds ansigt?”
„Jo, det er der,” svarede Ziba, „der er en søn af Jonatan, men han er lam i benene.”
4 „Hvor bor han?” spurgte kongen.
„Han bor i Lodebar hos Makir, Ammiels søn.”
5-6 Så sendte kong David bud efter Mefiboshet, Jonatans søn, Sauls barnebarn. Mefiboshet frygtede det værste, og da han kom ind til David, bøjede han sig underdanigt for kongen. 7 Men David sagde beroligende:
„Vær ikke bange! Jeg vil behandle dig godt på grund af din far Jonatan. Du skal få al Sauls ejendom tilbage og bo her i paladset!”
8 Da bøjede Mefiboshet sig endnu en gang for kongen og udbrød: „Skulle kongen virkelig vise en sådan godhed imod en død hund som mig?”
9 Kongen tilkaldte nu Sauls tjener, Ziba. „Jeg har givet din herres barnebarn familiens ejendom tilbage,” forklarede han. 10-11 „Det bliver din opgave at bestyre ejendommen og sørge for, at dine sønner og tjenere opdyrker jorden, så den giver udbytte og føde til hans familie. Men Mefiboshet skal fremover bo her i paladset.”
Ziba, der havde 15 sønner og 20 tjenere, svarede: „Jeg skal sørge for at efterkomme kongens ønske.” Og fra da af spiste Mefiboshet regelmæssigt sammen med kong David, og han blev behandlet som Davids egne sønner. 12 Mefiboshet havde selv en lille søn, der hed Mika.
Zibas husstand kom altså til at bestyre Mefiboshets ejendom, 13 mens Mefiboshet, der jo var lam i benene, flyttede til Jerusalem og tog ophold i kongens palads.
2 Samuel 9
New King James Version
2 Samuel 9
New King James Version
David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth
9 Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may (A)show him [a]kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
2 And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was (B)Ziba. So when they had called him to David, the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?”
He said, “At your service!”
3 Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show (C)the kindness of God?”
And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is (D)lame in his feet.”
4 So the king said to him, “Where is he?”
And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is in the house of (E)Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”
5 Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
6 Now when (F)Mephibosheth[b] the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and prostrated himself. Then David said, “Mephibosheth?”
And he answered, “Here is your servant!”
7 So David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.”
8 Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon such (G)a dead dog as I?”
9 And the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, (H)“I have given to your master’s son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house. 10 You therefore, and your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s son (I)shall eat bread at my table always.” Now Ziba had (J)fifteen sons and twenty servants.
11 Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will your servant do.”
“As for Mephibosheth,” said the king, “he shall eat at [c]my table like one of the king’s sons.” 12 Mephibosheth had a young son (K)whose name was Micha. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, (L)for he ate continually at the king’s table. And he (M)was lame in both his feet.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 9:1 covenant faithfulness
- 2 Samuel 9:6 Or Merib-Baal
- 2 Samuel 9:11 LXX David’s table
2 Samuel 9
New International Version
2 Samuel 9
New International Version
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)
2 Now there was a servant of Saul’s household named Ziba.(B) They summoned him to appear before David, and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?”
“At your service,” he replied.
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;(C) he is lame(D) in both feet.”
4 “Where is he?” the king asked.
Ziba answered, “He is at the house of Makir(E) son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.”
5 So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.
6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor.(F)
David said, “Mephibosheth!”
“At your service,” he replied.
7 “Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan.(G) I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.(H)”
8 Mephibosheth(I) bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog(J) like me?”
9 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(K) 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.(L)
12 Mephibosheth had a young son named Mika, and all the members of Ziba’s household were servants of Mephibosheth.(M) 13 And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table; he was lame in both feet.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 9:11 Septuagint; Hebrew my
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