2 Samuel 9:7–13

⁷And David said to him, “Do not fear, for ^aI will surely show lovingkindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and ^bwill restore to you all the ¹land of your ²grandfather Saul; and ^cyou shall ³eat at my table continually.”

⁸So he prostrated himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should regard ^aa dead dog like me?”

⁹Then the king called Saul’s young man Ziba and said to him, “^aAll that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s ¹grandson.

¹⁰“And you and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master’s grandson may have food and eat of it; nevertheless ^aMephibosheth your master’s grandson ^bshall ¹eat at my table continually.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

¹¹Then Ziba said to the king, “According ^ato all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at ¹David’s table as one of the king’s sons.

¹²Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

¹³So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for ^ahe ate at the king’s table continually. Now ^bhe was lame in both feet.