2 Samuel 9:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So Mephibosheth went on living in Jerusalem; for he took all his meals at the king's table; and he had not the use of his feet.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 9:7 : 7 And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.
  • 2 Sam 9:10-11 : 10 And you and your sons and your servants are to take care of the land for him, and get in the fruit of it, so that your master's son may have food: but Mephibosheth, your master's son, will have a place at my table at all times. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, Every order which you have given to your servant will be done. As for Mephibosheth, he had a place at David's table, like one of the king's sons.
  • 2 Sam 9:3 : 3 And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Sam 9:1-12
    12 verses
    84%

    1 And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?

    2 Now there was of Saul's people a servant named Ziba, and they sent him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, I am.

    3 And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.

    4 And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, He is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

    5 Then King David sent, and had him taken from Lo-debar, from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel.

    6 And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, came to David, and falling down on his face, gave him honour. And David said, Mephibosheth. And answering he said, Your servant is here.

    7 And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.

    8 And he went down on his face before the king, and said, What is your servant, for you to take note of a dead dog such as I am?

    9 Then the king sent for Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, All the property of Saul and of his family I have given to your master's son.

    10 And you and your sons and your servants are to take care of the land for him, and get in the fruit of it, so that your master's son may have food: but Mephibosheth, your master's son, will have a place at my table at all times. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

    11 Then Ziba said to the king, Every order which you have given to your servant will be done. As for Mephibosheth, he had a place at David's table, like one of the king's sons.

    12 And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. And all the people living in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

  • 2 Sam 4:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)

    4 Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as quickly as she was able, he had a fall and his feet were damaged. His name was Mephibosheth.

  • 2 Sam 19:24-26
    3 verses
    75%

    24 And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.

    25 Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with me, Mephibosheth?

    26 And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.

  • 2 Sam 19:28-30
    3 verses
    73%

    28 For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?

    29 And the king said, Say nothing more about these things. I say, Let there be a division of the land between Ziba and you.

    30 And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in peace!

  • 2 Sam 16:1-4
    4 verses
    70%

    1 And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.

    2 And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land.

    3 And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.

    4 Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!

  • 2 Sam 21:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7 But the king did not give up Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the Lord's oath made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.

    8 But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Saul to whom Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth; and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab, whose father was Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

  • 2 Sam 19:33
    64%

    33 And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me, and I will take care of you in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 2:7
    63%

    7 But be good to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be guests at your table; for so they came to me when I went in flight from Absalom your brother.

  • 1 Sam 9:22-24
    3 verses
    63%

    22 Then Samuel took Saul and his servant into the guest room, and made them take the chief place among all the guests who were there, about thirty persons.

    23 And Samuel said to the cook, Give me that part which I gave you orders to keep by you.

    24 And the cook took up the leg with the fat tail on it, and put it before Saul. And Samuel said, This is the part which has been kept for you: take it as your part of the feast; because it has been kept for you till the right time came and till the guests were present. So that day Saul took food with Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 20:24-25
    2 verses
    63%

    24 So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon came, the king took his place at the feast.

    25 And the king took his seat, as at other times, by the wall: and Jonathan was in front, and Abner was seated by Saul's side, but there was no one in David's seat.

  • 1 Chr 9:37-38
    2 verses
    63%

    37 And Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth

    38 Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They were living with their brothers in Jerusalem opposite their brothers.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
    63%

    15 Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.

  • Acts 14:8
    62%

    8 And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.

  • 1 Sam 13:16
    62%

    16 And Saul, with Jonathan his son and the people who were with them, was waiting in Geba in the land of Benjamin: but the tents of the Philistines were in Michmash.

  • 1 Chr 8:32
    62%

    32 And Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. And they were living with their brothers in Jerusalem opposite their brothers.

  • 1 Chr 9:3
    62%

    3 And in Jerusalem there were living some of the sons of Judah, and of Benjamin, and of Ephraim and Manasseh;

  • Jer 52:33
    62%

    33 And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.

  • Luke 14:13
    62%

    13 But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

  • 1 Chr 9:40
    62%

    40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.

  • 2 Kgs 25:29
    62%

    29 And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.

  • 1 Kgs 13:19-20
    2 verses
    62%

    19 So he went back with him, and had a meal in his house and a drink of water.

    20 But while they were seated at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had taken him back;

  • 1 Kgs 2:38
    61%

    38 And Shimei said to the king, Very well! as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And for a long time Shimei went on living in Jerusalem.

  • Judg 1:7
    61%

    7 And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.

  • 2 Sam 19:17
    61%

    17 And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,

  • Josh 13:18
    61%

    18 And Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath;