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          DASV: 2 Samuel 9    

1 David asked, "Is there anyone left from the house of Saul,
that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"
2 Now there was from the house of Saul a servant whose name was
Ziba. They called him in to David, and the king asked him,
"Are you Ziba?" He answered, "Yes, at your service."
3 The king asked, "Is there not someone from the house of Saul,
that I may show the kindness of God to him?" Ziba answered
the king, "Jonathan's son is still alive. He is crippled
in both feet."
4 So the king asked him, "Where is he?" Ziba replied to the king,
"He is in the house of Makir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar."
5 Then king David sent, and brought him from of the house of
Makir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to
David, and fell on his face, and paid him homage. David said,
"Mephibosheth." He answered, "Yes, at your service."
7 Then David said to him, "Don't be afraid, for I will surely
show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will
restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you
will always eat at my table."
8 He bowed in respect, and said, "What is your servant, that you
should look on a dead dog like me?"

9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and ordered him,
"All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to
your master's grandson.
10 You will farm the land for him, you, your sons and your servants.
You will bring its produce and it will be food for your master's
grandson to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson will
always eat food at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and
twenty servants.
11 Then said Ziba to the king, "Your servant will do everything
my lord the king has ordered his servant." So Mephibosheth ate
at David's table, like one of the king's sons.
12 Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. All who lived in Ziba's
house became Mephibosheth's servants.
13 So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he always ate at the
king's table. He was crippled in both his feet.

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