2 Samuel 9

9And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may ^ashew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake? ²And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was ^bZiba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. ³And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew ^cthe kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is ^dlame on his feet. ⁴And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in ^eLo-debar. ⁵Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from ^eLo-debar. ⁶Now when ^||Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! ⁷And David said unto him, Fear not: ^ffor I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. ⁸And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such ^ga dead dog as I am? ⁹Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master’s son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. ¹⁰Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son ^hshall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had ⁱfifteen sons and twenty servants. ¹¹Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, ^ksaid the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons. ¹²And Mephibosheth had a young son, ^lwhose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. ¹³So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet.