2 Samuel 9:1-7 ▼

1 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?|

2 Now 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.|

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.|

4 The king asked him, |Where is he?| Ziba told the king, |He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.

5 So King David had him brought from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.

6 When 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.|

7 David said to him, |Don't be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. You will be a regular guest at my table.|