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And David[H1732]said[H559], Is there yet[H3426] any that is left[H3498] of the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586], that I may shew[H6213] him kindness[H2617] for Jonathan's sake?
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And there was of the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586] a servant[H5650] whose name[H8034] was Ziba[H6717]. And when they had called[H7121] him unto David[H1732], the king[H4428]said[H559] unto him, Art thou Ziba?[H6717] And he said[H559], Thy servant[H5650] is he.
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And the king[H4428]said[H559], Is there not[H657] yet any[H376] of the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586], that I may shew[H6213] the kindness[H2617] of God[H430] unto him? And Ziba[H6717]said[H559] unto the king[H4428], Jonathan[H3083] hath yet a son[H1121], which is lame[H5223] on his feet[H7272].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559] unto him, Where[H375] is he? And Ziba[H6717]said[H559] unto the king[H4428], Behold, he is in the house[H1004] of Machir[H4353], the son[H1121] of Ammiel[H5988], in Lodebar[H3810].
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Then king[H4428]David[H1732]sent[H7971], and fetched[H3947] him out of the house[H1004] of Machir[H4353], the son[H1121] of Ammiel[H5988], from Lodebar[H3810].
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Now when Mephibosheth[H4648], the son[H1121] of Jonathan[H3083], the son[H1121] of Saul[H7586], was come[H935] unto David[H1732], he fell[H5307] on his face[H6440], and did reverence[H7812]. And David[H1732]said[H559], Mephibosheth[H4648]. And he answered[H559], Behold thy servant[H5650]!
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto him, Fear[H3372] not: for I will surely[H6213]shew[H6213] thee kindness[H2617] for Jonathan[H3083] thy father[H1]'s sake, and will restore[H7725] thee all the land[H7704] of Saul[H7586] thy father[H1]; and thou shalt eat[H398]bread[H3899] at my table[H7979]continually[H8548].
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And he bowed[H7812] himself, and said[H559], What is thy servant[H5650], that thou shouldest look[H6437] upon such a dead[H4191]dog[H3611] as I am?
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Then the king[H4428]called[H7121] to Ziba[H6717], Saul[H7586]'s servant[H5288], and said[H559] unto him, I have given[H5414] unto thy master's son[H1121] all that pertained[H1961] to Saul[H7586] and to all his house[H1004].
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Thou therefore, and thy sons[H1121], and thy servants[H5650], shall till[H5647] the land[H127] for him, and thou shalt bring[H935] in the fruits, that thy master's son[H1121] may have food[H3899] to eat[H398]: but Mephibosheth[H4648] thy master's son[H1121] shall eat[H398]bread[H3899]alway[H8548] at my table[H7979]. Now Ziba[H6717] had fifteen[H2568]sons[H1121] and twenty[H6242]servants[H5650].
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Then said[H559]Ziba[H6717] unto the king[H4428], According to all that my lord[H113] the king[H4428] hath commanded[H6680] his servant[H5650], so shall thy servant[H5650]do[H6213]. As for Mephibosheth[H4648], said[H559] the king[H4428], he shall eat[H398] at my table[H7979], as one[H259] of the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121].
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And Mephibosheth[H4648] had a young[H6996]son[H1121], whose name[H8034] was Micha[H4316]. And all that dwelt[H4186] in the house[H1004] of Ziba[H6717] were servants[H5650] unto Mephibosheth[H4648].
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So Mephibosheth[H4648]dwelt[H3427] in Jerusalem[H3389]: for he did eat[H398]continually[H8548] at the king's table[H7979]; and was lame[H6455] on both[H8147] his feet[H7272].