2 Samuel 9:13
Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, for he was a regular guest at the king’s table. But both his feet were crippled.
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- 2 Sam 9:7 : 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.”
- 2 Sam 9:10-11 : 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.) 11 Ziba 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.
- 2 Sam 9:3 : 3 The 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.”
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- 2 Sam 9:1-1212 verses84%
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.”
3The 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.”
4The king asked him,“Where is he?” Ziba told the king,“He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.”
5So King David had him brought from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.
6When 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.”
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.
12Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba’s household were Mephibosheth’s servants.
- 2 Sam 4:3-42 verses76%
3for the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have remained there as resident foreigners until the present time.)
4Now Saul’s son Jonathan had a son who was crippled in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but in her haste to get away, he fell and was injured. Mephibosheth was his name.
- 2 Sam 19:24-263 verses75%
24Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely returned, Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet nor trimmed his mustache nor washed his clothes.
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.
- 2 Sam 19:28-303 verses73%
28After 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?”
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 16:1-44 verses70%
1David Receives Gifts from Ziba When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, and a container of wine.
2The king asked Ziba,“Why did you bring these things?” Ziba replied,“The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride on, the loaves of bread and the summer fruit are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the desert.”
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 21:7-82 verses69%
7The 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.
8So 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.
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33So the king said to Barzillai,“Cross over with me, and I will take care of you while you are with me in Jerusalem.”
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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.
- 1 Sam 9:22-243 verses63%
22Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the room and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited. There were about thirty people present.
23Samuel said to the cook,“Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you– the one I asked you to keep with you.”
24So the cook picked up the leg and brought it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel said,“What was kept is now set before you! Eat, for it has been kept for you for this meeting time, from the time I said,‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
- 1 Sam 20:24-252 verses63%
24So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal.
25The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him and Abner at his side. But David’s place was vacant.
- 1 Chr 9:37-382 verses63%
37Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.
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15He then said to him,“Come home with me and eat something.”
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8Paul and Barnabas at Lystra In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.
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16Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash.
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32Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.
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3Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.
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33Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.
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13But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
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40The son of Jonathan:Meribbaal, who was the father of Micah.
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29Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.
- 1 Kgs 13:19-202 verses62%
19So the prophet went back with him. He ate food in his house and he drank water.
20While they were sitting at the table, the LORD’s message came to the old prophet who had brought him back.
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38Shimei said to the king,“My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
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7Adoni-Bezek said,“Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
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17There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed the Jordan within sight of the king.
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18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,