2 Samuel 9:1
Good News Translation
One day David asked, "Is there anyone left of Saul's family? If there is, I would like to show him kindness for Jonathan's sake."

New Revised Standard Version
David asked, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I may show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

Contemporary English Version
One day, David thought, "I wonder if any of Saul's family are still alive. If they are, I will be kind to them, because I made a promise to Jonathan."

New American Bible
David asked, “Is there any survivor of Saul’s house to whom I may show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake?

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And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake?

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2 Samuel 1:26 I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan: exceeding beautiful, and amiable to me above the love of women. As the mother loveth her only son, so did I love thee.

1 Samuel 18:1-4 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the son of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. . . .

1 Samuel 20:14-17,42 And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die, . . .

1 Samuel 23:16-18 And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose, and went to David, into the wood, and strengthened his hands in God: and he said to him: . . .

1 Kings 2:7 But shew kindness to the sons of Berzellai, the Galaadite, and let them eat at thy table: for they met me when I fled from the face of Absalom, thy brother.

Proverbs 27:10 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.

Matthew 10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you he shall not lose his reward.

Matthew 25:40 And the king answering shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.

Mark 9:41 For whosoever shall give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because you belong to Christ: amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

John 19:26,27 When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. . . .

Philemon 1:9-12 For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ. . . .

1 Peter 3:8 And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble:

Context
David and Mephibosheth
1And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake?2Now there was of the house of Saul, a servant named Siba: and when the king had called him to him, he said to him: Art thou Siba? And he answered: I am Siba thy servant.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:14
And if I live, thou shalt shew me the kindness of the Lord: but if I die,

1 Samuel 20:15
Thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever, when the Lord shall have rooted out the enemies of David, every one of them from the earth, may he take away Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it at the hands of David's enemies.

1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David: Go in peace: and let all stand that we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying: The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. [43] And David arose, and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

1 Samuel 23:18
And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood: but Jonathan returned to his house.

2 Samuel 9:7
And David said to him: Fear not, for I will surely shew thee mercy for Jonathan thy father's sake, and I will restore the lands of Saul the father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table always.

2 Samuel 21:7
And the king spared Miphiboseth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord, that had been between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

2 Samuel 8:18
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