Dual Panel1Then David <01732> asked <0559>, “Is <03426> anyone <0834> still <05750> left <03498> from the family <01004> of Saul <07586>, so that <03588> I may extend <06213> kindness <02617> to <05973> him for the sake of <05668> Jonathan <03083>?”
2Now there was a servant <05650> from Saul’s <07586> house <01004> named <08034> Ziba <06717>, so he was summoned <07121> to <0413> David <01732>. The king <04428> asked <0559> him, “Are you <0859> Ziba <06717>?” He replied <0559>, “At your service <05650>.”
3The king <04428> asked <0559>, “Is there not <0657> someone <0376> left <05750> from Saul’s <07586> family <01004>, that I may extend <06213> God’s <0430> kindness <02617> to <05973> him?” Ziba <06717> said <0559> to <0413> the king <04428>, “One of Jonathan’s <03083> sons <01121> is left <05750>; both of his feet <07272> are crippled <05223>.”
4The king <04428> asked <0559> him, “Where <0375> is he <01931>?” Ziba <06717> told <0559> the king <04428>, “He <01931> is at the house <01004> of Makir <04353> son <01121> of Ammiel <05988> in Lo Debar <03810>.
5So King <04428> David <01732> had him brought <03947> <07971> from the house <01004> of Makir <04353> son <01121> of Ammiel <05988> in Lo Debar <03810>.
6When Mephibosheth <04648> son <01121> of Jonathan <03083>, the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, came <0935> to <0413> David <01732>, he bowed low <07812> with his face <06440> toward the ground <05307>. David <01732> said <0559>, “Mephibosheth <04648>?” He replied <0559>, “Yes <02009>, at your service <05650>.”
7David <01732> said <0559> to him, “Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>, because <03588> I will certainly <06213> extend <06213> kindness <02617> to <05973> you for the sake of <05668> Jonathan <03083> your father <01>. You <0859> will be a regular <08548> guest <0398> at <05921> my table <07979>.”
8Then Mephibosheth bowed <07812> and said <0559>, “Of what <04100> importance am I, your servant <05650>, that <03588> you show regard <06437> for <0413> a dead <04191> dog <03611> like <03644> me?”
9Then the king <04428> summoned <07121> Ziba <06717>, Saul’s <07586> attendant <05288>, and said <0559> to <0413> him, “Everything <03605> that <0834> belonged to <01961> Saul <07586> and to his entire <03605> house <01004> I hereby give <05414> to your master’s <0113> grandson <01121>.
10You will cultivate <05647> the land <0127> for him– you <0859> and your sons <01121> and your servants <05650>. You will bring <0935> its produce and it will be <01961> food <03899> for your master’s <0113> grandson <01121> to eat <0398>. But Mephibosheth <04648>, your master’s <0113> grandson <01121>, will be a regular <08548> guest at <05921> my table <07979>.” (Now Ziba <06717> had fifteen <06240> <02568> sons <01121> and twenty <06242> servants <05650>.)
11Ziba <06717> said <0559> to <0413> the king <04428>, “Your servant will do everything <03605> that <0834> my lord <0113> the king <04428> has instructed <06680> his servant <05650> to do <06213>.” So <03651> Mephibosheth <04648> was a regular guest <0398> at <05921> David’s table <07979>, just as though he were one <0259> of the king’s <04428> sons <01121>.
12Now Mephibosheth <04648> had a young <06996> son <01121> whose name <08034> was Mica <04316>. All <03605> the members <04186> of Ziba’s <06717> household <01004> were Mephibosheth’s <04648> servants <05650>.
13Mephibosheth <04648> was living <03427> in Jerusalem <03389>, for <03588> he was a regular <08548> guest <0398> at the king’s <04428> table <07979>. But both <08147> his feet <07272> were crippled <06455>.