2 Samuel 9:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he continually ate at the king's table; and he was lame in both his feet.

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  • 2 Sam 9:7 : 7 And David said to him, Fear not: for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.
  • 2 Sam 9:10-11 : 10 You therefore, and your sons, and your servants, shall till the land for him, and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall always eat bread at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded 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.
  • 2 Sam 9:3 : 3 And the king said, Is there not still anyone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame in his feet.

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  • 2 Sam 9:1-12
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    84%

    1 And David said, Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

    2 And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. And when they called him to David, the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, Your servant is he.

    3 And the king said, Is there not still anyone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame in his feet.

    4 And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.

    5 Then King David sent, and brought him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

    6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell on his face, and paid homage. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold your servant!

    7 And David said to him, Fear not: for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.

    8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I am?

    9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, I have given to your master's son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

    10 You therefore, and your sons, and your servants, shall till the land for him, and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall always eat bread at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

    11 Then Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded 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 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

  • 2 Sam 4:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived there as strangers until this day.

    4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and as she hurried to flee, he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

  • 2 Sam 19:24-26
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    75%

    24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

    25 And it came to pass, when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?

    26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, I will saddle an ass for myself, that I may ride on it and go to the king, because your servant is lame.

  • 2 Sam 19:28-30
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    28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those that eat at your own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry anymore to the king?

    29 And the king said to him, Why speak any more of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba divide the land.

    30 And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, as long as my lord the king has come again in peace to his own house.

  • 2 Sam 16:1-4
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    1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

    2 And the king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? And Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that those who are faint in the wilderness may drink.

    3 And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he remains at Jerusalem: for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

    4 Then the king said to Ziba, Behold, yours are all that belonged to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech you that I may find grace in your sight, my lord, O king.

  • 2 Sam 21:7-8
    2 verses
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    7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

    8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for 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 feed you with me in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 2:7
    63%

    7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those that eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom your brother.

  • 1 Sam 9:22-24
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    22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the chief place among those who were invited, who were about thirty people.

    23 And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it aside.

    24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold what is reserved! set it before you, and eat: for until this time it has been kept for you since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

  • 1 Sam 20:24-25
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    63%

    24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat down to eat food.

    25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.

  • 1 Chr 9:37-38
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    37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

    38 Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their brethren in Jerusalem opposite their brethren.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
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    15 Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

  • Acts 14:8
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    8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, powerless in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

  • 1 Sam 13:16
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    16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, stayed in Gibeah of Benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

  • 1 Chr 8:32
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    32 And Mikloth fathered Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, opposite them.

  • 1 Chr 9:3
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    3 And in Jerusalem lived the children of Judah, the children of Benjamin, the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh.

  • Jer 52:33
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    33 And changed his prison garments: and he regularly ate bread before him all the days of his life.

  • Luke 14:13
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    13 But when you give a feast, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind:

  • 1 Chr 9:40
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    40 The son of Jonathan was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal became the father of Micah.

  • 2 Kgs 25:29
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    29 And changed his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before him all the days of his life.

  • 1 Kgs 13:19-20
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    19 So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

    20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet that brought him back:

  • 1 Kgs 2:38
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    38 And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do. So Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

  • Judg 1:7
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  • 2 Sam 19:17
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    17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king.

  • Josh 13:18
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    18 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,