2 Samuël 9
BasisBijbel
Mefiboset, de zoon van Jonatan
9 Op een dag vroeg David: "Is er nog iemand overgebleven van de familie van Saul? Dan wil ik goed voor hem zijn. Want dat heb ik Jonatan beloofd toen ik met hem een verbond sloot." 2 Er was bij de familie van Saul een dienaar in dienst geweest die Ziba heette. Hij werd bij David geroepen en de koning vroeg hem: "Ben jij Ziba?" Hij antwoordde: "Ja, heer." 3 Toen vroeg de koning hem: "Is er soms nog iemand overgebleven van de familie van Saul? Dan wil ik goed voor hem zijn." Ziba antwoordde: "Er is nog een zoon van Jonatan. Hij heeft kreupele voeten." 4 De koning vroeg: "Waar woont hij?" Ziba antwoordde de koning: "Hij woont bij Machir, de zoon van Ammiël in Lodebar."
5 Toen liet koning David hem bij Machir ophalen. 6 Zo kwam Mefiboset bij David. Hij liet zich voor David op de grond vallen en boog zich diep. David zei: "Mefiboset!" Hij antwoordde: "Ja, heer." 7 David zei tegen hem: "Wees niet bang, want ik zal goed voor je zijn vanwege mijn vriendschap met je vader Jonatan. Ik zal je alle akkers van je grootvader Saul teruggeven. En je mag steeds bij mij aan tafel eten." 8 Mefiboset boog en zei: "Ik verdien het niet dat u zich bezighoudt met een dode hond als ik!" 9 Toen liet de koning de dienaar Ziba weer komen. Hij zei tegen hem: "Alles wat van je heer Saul en zijn familie is geweest, geef ik aan de kleinzoon van je heer. 10 Ik wil dat jij met je zonen en je knechten voor hem het land bewerkt. En jullie moeten voor hem de oogst binnenhalen, zodat hij te eten zal hebben. En Mefiboset mag steeds bij mij aan tafel eten." Ziba had 15 zonen en 20 knechten. 11 Ziba zei tegen de koning: "Ik zal alles doen wat u beveelt, mijn heer de koning." Dus at Mefiboset bij David aan tafel, alsof hij een zoon van de koning was. 12 Mefiboset had een jonge zoon die Micha heette. En iedereen uit de familie van Ziba werkte als knecht van Mefiboset. 13 Mefiboset woonde in Jeruzalem, want hij at steeds bij de koning aan tafel. Hij was aan beide voeten kreupel.
2 Samuel 9
English Standard Version
David's Kindness to Mephibosheth
9 And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may (A)show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?” 2 Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was (B)Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he said, “I am your servant.” 3 And the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show (C)the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of (D)Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.” 4 The king said to him, “Where is he?” And Ziba said to the king, “He is in the house of (E)Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.” 5 Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar. 6 And (F)Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, “Mephibosheth!” And he answered, “Behold, I am your servant.” 7 And David said to him, “Do not fear, (G)for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and (H)you shall eat at my table always.” 8 And he paid homage and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for (I)a dead dog such as I?”
9 Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's grandson. 10 And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master's grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master's grandson (J)shall always eat at my table.” Now Ziba had (K)fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so will your servant do.” So Mephibosheth (L)ate at David's[a] table, like one of the king's sons. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, (M)whose name was Mica. And all who lived in Ziba's house became Mephibosheth's servants. 13 So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for (N)he ate always at the king's table. Now (O)he was lame in both his feet.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 9:11 Septuagint; Hebrew my
2 Samuel 9
New King James Version
David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth
9 Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may (A)show him [a]kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
2 And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was (B)Ziba. So when they had called him to David, the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?”
He said, “At your service!”
3 Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show (C)the kindness of God?”
And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is (D)lame in his feet.”
4 So the king said to him, “Where is he?”
And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is in the house of (E)Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”
5 Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
6 Now when (F)Mephibosheth[b] the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and prostrated himself. Then David said, “Mephibosheth?”
And he answered, “Here is your servant!”
7 So David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.”
8 Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon such (G)a dead dog as I?”
9 And the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, (H)“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 work the land for him, and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s son (I)shall eat bread at my table always.” Now Ziba had (J)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 will your servant do.”
“As for Mephibosheth,” said the king, “he shall eat at [c]my table like one of the king’s sons.” 12 Mephibosheth had a young son (K)whose name was Micha. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, (L)for he ate continually at the king’s table. And he (M)was lame in both his feet.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 9:1 covenant faithfulness
- 2 Samuel 9:6 Or Merib-Baal
- 2 Samuel 9:11 LXX David’s table
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