Shmuel II - Chapter 9

1. And David said: "Is there yet anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may do kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?"

2. And to the house of Saul [there remained] a servant whose name was Zibah, and they called him to David; and the king said to him: 'Are you Zibah?' And he said: "Your servant, (is he)."

3. And the king said: "Is there none [left] from the house of Saul, that I may do to him the kindness of God?" And Zibah said to the king; "There is still a son [left] to Jonathan, who is lame on his feet."

4. And the king said to him: 'Where is he?' And Zibah said to the king; 'Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-Debar.'

5. And king David sent, and he fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar.

6. And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and he fell on his face, and he prostrated himself. And David said: 'Mephibosheth!' And he answered: 'Behold your servant.'

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

8. And he bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should turn towards such a dead dog as I am?"

9. And the king called to Zibah, Saul's servant, and said to him: 'All that belonged to Saul and to all his household have I given to your master's son.

10. And you shall till the soil for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring [the produce] so that there your master's servant will have bread, that he may eat it; and Mephibosheth your master's son, shall eat bread continually at my table." Now Zibah had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

11. And Zibah said to the king; "According to all that my lord, the king, commands his servant, so shall your servant do. As for Mephibosheth, he shall eat at my table as one of the king's sons."

12. And Mephibosheth had a small son whose name was Micha. And all the inhabitants of Zibah's house were servants to Mephibosheth.

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