[1] David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I
may show him kindness for Jonathan`s sake? [2] There was of the house of
Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the
king said to him, Are you Ziba? He said, Your servant is he. [3] The king
said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the
kindness of God to him? Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a son, who
is lame of his feet. [4] The king said to him, Where is he? Ziba said to
the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in
Look-debar. [5] Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of
Machir the son of Ammiel, from Look-debar. [6] Mephibosheth, the son of
Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and did
obeisance. David said, Mephibosheth. He answered, Behold, your servant! [7]
David said to him, "Don`t be afraid of him; for I will surely show you
kindness for Jonathan your father`s sake, and will restore you all the land
of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually. [8]
He did obeisance, and said, What is your servant, that you should look on
such a dead dog as I am? [9] Then the king called to Ziba, Saul`s servant,
and said to him, All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I
given to your master`s son. [10] You shall till the land for him, you, and
your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in [the fruits], that
your master`s son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master`s son
shall eat bread always at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty
servants. [11] Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord
the king commands his servant, so shall your servant do. As for
Mephibosheth, [said the king], he shall eat at my table, as one of the
king`s sons. [12] Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All
that lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. [13] So
Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king`s
table. He was lame in both his feet.

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