2 Samuel 9:13
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New International Version (©2011)
And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king's table; he was lame in both feet.

New Living Translation (©2007)
And Mephibosheth, who was crippled in both feet, lived in Jerusalem and ate regularly at the king's table.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate always at the king’s table. Now he was lame in both his feet.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king's table regularly. Now he was lame in both feet.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
However, Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem because he always ate at the king's table. His feet had been injured.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Mephibosheth continued to live in Jerusalem, always eating at the king's table, since he was maimed in both feet.

NET Bible (©2006)
Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, for he was a regular guest at the king's table. But both his feet were crippled.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
However, Mephibosheth, who was disabled, lived in Jerusalem. He always ate at the king's table.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame in both his feet.

American King James Version
So Mephibosheth dwelled in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

American Standard Version
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat continually at the king's table. And he was lame in both his feet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Miphiboseth dwelt in Jerusalem: because he ate always of the king's table: and he was lame of both feet.

Darby Bible Translation
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat continually at the king's table. And he was lame on both his feet.

English Revised Version
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and he was lame on both his feet.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he ate continually at the king's table; and was lame in both his feet.

World English Bible
So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king's table. He was lame in both his feet.

Young's Literal Translation
And Mephibosheth is dwelling in Jerusalem, for at the table of the king he is eating continually, and he is lame of his two feet.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

9:9-13 As David was a type of Christ, his Lord and Son, his Root and Offspring, let his kindness to Mephibosheth remind us of the kindness and love of God our Saviour to fallen man, to whom he was under no obligation, as David was to Jonathan. The Son of God seeks this lost and ruined race, who sought not after him. He comes to seek and to save them!

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem,.... Either in some apartments in the king's palace, or in some house in the city provided for him; for he returned not to Lodebar, nor to any mansion house upon the estate, of Saul restored unto him:

for he did eat continually at the king's table; to which he was invited, and he accepted of:

and was lame on both his feet; or "though" he was (n), yet this was no objection to David, he admitted him notwithstanding his infirmity; nor any obstruction to Mephibosheth, who found ways and means to be carried to the king's table daily.

(n) "quamvis esset", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Patrick.

2 Samuel 9:13 Parallel Commentaries
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David and Mephibosheth
…11Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so shall your servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 12And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelled in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. 13So Mephibosheth dwelled in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

2 Samuel 9:3 The king asked, "Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?" Ziba answered the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet."
2 Samuel 9:7 "Don't be afraid," David said to him, "for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table."
2 Samuel 9:11 Then Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do whatever my lord the king commands his servant to do." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table like one of the king's sons.
2 Samuel 9:12 Mephibosheth had a young son named Mika, and all the members of Ziba's household were servants of Mephibosheth.
Jeremiah 52:33 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king's table.