2 Samuel 9 (NET)

2 Samuel 9:1¹Then David asked, “Is anyone still left from the family of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 20:42Mark 9:41Matt 25:401 Pet 3:82 Sam 1:261 Kgs 2:7Matt 10:42John 19:26-27Prov 27:101 Sam 20:14-17

2 Samuel 9:2²Now there was a servant from Saul’s house named Ziba, so he was summoned to David. The king asked him, “Are you Ziba?” He replied, “At your service.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 16:1-42 Sam 19:172 Sam 19:27-29Gen 15:2-3Gen 24:2Gen 39:6

2 Samuel 9:3³The king asked, “Is there not someone left from Saul’s family that I may extend God’s kindness to him?” Ziba said to the king, “One of Jonathan’s sons is left; both of his feet are crippled.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 4:4Titus 3:3-41 Sam 20:14-17Deut 10:15Luke 6:36Matt 5:44-452 Sam 19:26Deut 4:37

2 Samuel 9:4⁴The king asked him, “Where is he?” Ziba told the king, “He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 17:27-29

2 Samuel 9:5⁵So King David had him brought from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Samuel 9:6⁶When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. David said, “Mephibosheth?” He replied, “Yes, at your service.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 9:402 Sam 16:42 Sam 19:24-301 Chr 8:341 Sam 25:231 Sam 20:41Gen 18:2Gen 33:3

2 Samuel 9:7⁷David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. I will give back to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will be a regular guest at my table.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 9:11 Kgs 2:72 Sam 19:282 Sam 9:3Luke 1:29-30Ruth 2:11-12Luke 22:302 Kgs 25:29Gen 50:18-21Luke 1:12-13

2 Samuel 9:8⁸Then Mephibosheth bowed and said, “Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 16:9Matt 15:26-271 Sam 24:14-151 Sam 26:202 Sam 3:8

2 Samuel 9:9⁹Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s attendant, and said to him, “Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master’s grandson.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 16:42 Sam 19:291 Sam 9:1Isa 32:8

2 Samuel 9:10¹⁰You will cultivate the land for him—you and 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 be a regular guest at my table.” (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 9:72 Sam 19:282 Kgs 25:292 Sam 9:11-13Luke 14:15

2 Samuel 9:11¹¹Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do everything that my lord the king has instructed his servant to do.” So Mephibosheth was a regular guest at David’s table, just as though he were one of the king’s sons.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 16:1-42 Sam 19:262 Sam 19:17

2 Samuel 9:12¹²Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba’s household were Mephibosheth’s servants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 8:34-401 Chr 8:81 Chr 9:40-44Mic 7:5-6

2 Samuel 9:13¹³Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, for he was a regular guest at the king’s table. But both his feet were crippled.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 9:72 Sam 9:10-112 Sam 9:3