2 Samuel 19:28

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After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! What further claim do I have to ask the king for anything?”

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 9:13 : 13 Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, for he was a regular guest at the king’s table. But both his feet were crippled.
  • 2 Sam 9:10 : 10 You 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.)
  • 2 Sam 21:6-9 : 6 let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, who was the LORD’s chosen one.” The king replied,“I will turn them over.” 7 The king had mercy on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, in light of the LORD’s oath that had been taken between David and Jonathan son of Saul. 8 So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. 9 He turned them over to the Gibeonites, and they executed them on a hill before the LORD. The seven of them died together; they were put to death during harvest time– during the first days of the beginning of the barley harvest.
  • 2 Kgs 8:3 : 3 After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field.
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of all the faithful love you have shown your servant. With only my walking stick I crossed the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
  • 1 Sam 26:16 : 16 This failure on your part isn’t good! As surely as the LORD lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the LORD’s chosen one, are as good as dead! Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”
  • 2 Sam 9:7-8 : 7 David 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.” 8 Then Mephibosheth bowed and said,“Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?”

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  • 2 Sam 19:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29Then the king replied to him,“Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together.”

    30Mephibosheth said to the king,“Let him have the whole thing! My lord the king has returned safely to his house!”

  • 2 Sam 19:25-27
    3 verses
    79%

    25When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him,“Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”

    26He replied,“My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I said,‘Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,’ for I am lame.

    27But my servant has slandered me to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.

  • 1 Sam 26:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18He went on to say,“Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?

    19So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the LORD’s inheritance, saying,‘Go on, serve other gods!’

  • 2 Sam 9:7-11
    5 verses
    75%

    7David 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.”

    8Then Mephibosheth bowed and said,“Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?”

    9Then 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.

    10You 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.)

    11Ziba 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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26But he did not invite me– your servant– or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.

    27Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    74%

    8You must be loyal to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the LORD’s name. If I am guilty, you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”

  • 2 Sam 19:35-37
    3 verses
    74%

    35I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

    36I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. Why should the king reward me in this way?

    37Let me return so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you.”

  • 1 Kgs 2:7
    74%

    7“Treat fairly the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, because they helped me when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 19:22
    74%

    22But David said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?”

  • 2 Sam 16:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3The king asked,“Where is your master’s grandson?” Ziba replied to the king,“He remains in Jerusalem, for he said,‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather’s kingdom.’”

    4The king said to Ziba,“Everything that was Mephibosheth’s now belongs to you.” Ziba replied,“I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”

  • 2 Sam 14:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said,‘I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks.

    16Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’

  • 2 Sam 9:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1David Finds Mephibosheth Then David asked,“Is anyone still left from the family of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?”

    2Now 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.”

  • 1 Sam 22:15
    73%

    15Was it just today that I began to inquire of God on his behalf? Far be it from me! The king should not accuse his servant or any of my father’s house. For your servant is not aware of all this– not in whole or in part!”

  • 1 Sam 22:8
    73%

    8For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!”

  • 1 Kgs 1:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

    20Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.

  • 2 Sam 19:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19He said to the king,“Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don’t call it to mind!

    20For I, your servant, know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

  • 2 Sam 16:19
    72%

    19Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.”

  • 2 Sam 19:7
    72%

    7So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to your servants. For I swear by the LORD that if you don’t go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!”

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    72%

    18What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.

  • 1 Sam 25:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30The LORD will do for my lord everything that he promised you, and he will make you a leader over Israel.

    31Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the LORD has granted my lord success, please remember your servant.”

  • 2 Sam 12:21
    72%

    21His servants said to him,“What is this that you have done? While the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!”

  • 1 Sam 24:11
    71%

    11Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    71%

    15May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    71%

    9He said to me,‘Stand over me and finish me off! I’m very dizzy, even though I’m still alive.’

  • 2 Sam 18:13
    71%

    13If I had acted at risk of my own life– and nothing is hidden from the king!– you would have abandoned me.”

  • 1 Sam 20:29
    71%

    29He said,‘Permit me to go, for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
    71%

    9Obadiah said,“What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution?

  • 1 Sam 18:18
    71%

    18David said to Saul,“Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

  • 2 Sam 9:4
    70%

    4The king asked him,“Where is he?” Ziba told the king,“He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.”

  • Jer 37:20
    70%

    20But now please listen, your royal Majesty, and grant my plea for mercy. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there.”

  • 2 Sam 15:20
    70%

    20It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!”

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    70%

    16David Praises God King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said:“Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?

  • 1 Sam 29:8
    70%

    8But David said to Achish,“What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”