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| 1Later on, David asked, "Is there anyone left alive from Saul's household to whom I can show gracious love in memory of Jonathan?" | 1David asked, "Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?" |
| 2A household servant of Saul named Ziba was called to appear before David, and the king asked him, "Are you Ziba?" "I am your servant," Ziba replied. | 2Now there was a servant of Saul's household named Ziba. They summoned him to appear before David, and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" "At your service," he replied. |
| 3At this the king asked, "Isn't there still someone left from Saul's household to whom I may show God's gracious love?" "There's Jonathan's son. He has maimed feet, " Ziba answered. | 3The king asked, "Is there no one still alive from 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 lame in both feet." |
| 4So David asked, "Where is he?" Ziba responded, "He's in Lo-debar at the home of Ammiel's son Makir." | 4"Where is he?" the king asked. Ziba answered, "He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar." |
| 5At this, King David sent for him and brought him from the home of Ammiel's son Makir in Lo-debar. | 5So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel. |
| 6When Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son and a grandson of Saul, approached David, he threw himself on his face out of respect. "Mephibosheth!" David said as he greeted him. "Hello! I am your servant," he replied. | 6When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, "Mephibosheth!" "At your service," he replied. |
| 7"Don't be afraid," David reassured him, "because I'm going to show gracious love to you in memory of your father Jonathan. I'm going to restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you'll always have a place at my table!" | 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." |
| 8Mephibosheth bowed low again and asked, "Who am I, your servant, that you would pay attention to a dead dog like me?" | 8Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?" |
| 9At this, the king called for Saul's servant Ziba and told him, "I'm restoring to your master's grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family. | 9Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul's steward, and said to him, "I have given your master's grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family. |
| 10You and your servants are to farm the land on his behalf and bring in the crops in order to provide for your master's grandson. Meanwhile, Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will always have a place at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and 20 servants.) | 10You 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.) |
| 11Later, Ziba told the king, "Your servant will do everything that your majesty the king commands him." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table like one of the king's sons. | 11Then 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. |
| 12Mephibosheth fathered a son named Mica, and everyone who lived in Ziba's house became Mephibosheth's servants. | 12Mephibosheth had a young son named Mika, and all the members of Ziba's household were servants of Mephibosheth. |
| 13Mephibosheth continued to live in Jerusalem, always eating at the king's table, since he was maimed in both feet. | 13And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king's table; he was lame in both feet. |
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