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9 : 1 David asked, "Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan`s sake?"
9 : 2 Now there was a servant of Saul`s household named Ziba. They called him to appear before David, and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" "Your servant," he replied.
9 : 3 The king asked, "Is there no one still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show God`s kindness?" Ziba answered the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet."
9 : 4 Where is he? the king asked. Ziba answered, "He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar."
9 : 5 So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.
9 : 6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, "Mephibosheth!" "Your servant," he replied.
9 : 7 Don`t be afraid, David said to him, "for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table."
9 : 8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?"
9 : 9 Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul`s servant, and said to him, "I have given your master`s grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family.
9 : 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 may be provided for. And Mephibosheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)
9 : 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 table like one of the king`s sons.
9 : 12 Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all the members of Ziba`s household were servants of Mephibosheth.
9 : 13 And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king`s table, and he was crippled in both feet.