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2 Samuel 9
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2 Samuel 9
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David y Mefiboset
9 El rey David averiguó si había alguien de la familia de Saúl a quien pudiera beneficiar en memoria de Jonatán 2 y, como la familia de Saúl había tenido un administrador que se llamaba Siba, mandaron por él. Cuando Siba se presentó ante el rey David, este preguntó:
—¿Tú eres Siba?
—A sus órdenes —respondió.
3 —¿No queda nadie de la familia de Saúl a quien yo pueda beneficiar en el nombre de Dios? —volvió a preguntar el rey.
—Sí, todavía le queda a Jonatán un hijo que está tullido de ambos pies —le respondió Siba al rey.
4 —¿Y dónde está?
—En Lo Debar; vive en casa de Maquir, hijo de Amiel.
5 Entonces el rey David mandó a buscarlo a casa de Maquir, hijo de Amiel, en Lo Debar.
6 Cuando Mefiboset, que era hijo de Jonatán y nieto de Saúl, estuvo en presencia de David, se inclinó ante él rostro en tierra.
—¿Tú eres Mefiboset? —preguntó David.
—A sus órdenes —respondió él.
7 —No temas, pues en memoria de tu padre Jonatán he decidido beneficiarte. Voy a devolverte todas las tierras que pertenecían a tu abuelo Saúl y de ahora en adelante te sentarás a mi mesa.
8 Mefiboset se postró y dijo:
—¿Y quién es este siervo suyo para que usted se fije en él? ¡Si no valgo más que un perro muerto!
9 Pero David llamó a Siba, el administrador de Saúl, y dijo:
—Todo lo que pertenecía a tu amo Saúl y a su familia se lo entrego a su nieto Mefiboset. 10 Te ordeno que cultives para él la tierra y guardes la cosecha para el sustento de su casa. Que te ayuden tus quince hijos y tus veinte criados. En cuanto al nieto de tu amo, siempre comerá en mi mesa.
11 —Tu servidor hará todo lo que mi señor el rey me ordene —respondió Siba.
A partir de ese día Mefiboset se sentó a la mesa de David[a] como uno más de los hijos del rey.
12 Toda la familia de Siba estaba al servicio de Mefiboset, quien tenía un hijo pequeño llamado Micaías. 13 Tullido de ambos pies, Mefiboset vivía en Jerusalén, pues siempre se sentaba a la mesa del rey.
Footnotes
- 9:11 la mesa de David (LXX); mi mesa (TM).
2 Samuel 9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth
9 David asked, “Is there anyone remaining from Saul’s family I can show kindness to because of Jonathan?”(A) 2 There was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?”
“I am your servant,” he replied.
3 So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family that I can show the kindness of God to?”
Ziba said to the king, “There is still Jonathan’s son who was injured in both feet.”(B)
4 The king asked him, “Where is he?”
Ziba answered the king, “You’ll find him in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.” 5 So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.
6 Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul came to David, bowed down to the ground and paid homage. David said, “Mephibosheth!”
“I am your servant,” he replied.
7 “Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “since I intend to show you kindness because of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all your grandfather Saul’s fields, and you will always eat meals at my table.”
8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”
9 Then the king summoned Saul’s attendant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and his family. 10 You, your sons, and your servants are to work the ground for him, and you are to bring in the crops so your master’s grandson will have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had 15 sons and 20 servants.
11 Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all my lord the king commands.”
So Mephibosheth ate at David’s[a] table just like one of the king’s sons. 12 Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica.(C) All those living in Ziba’s house were Mephibosheth’s servants. 13 However, Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem because he always ate at the king’s table. His feet had been injured.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 9:11 LXX; Syr reads the king’s; Vg reads your; MT reads my
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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