2 Samuel 9:7-11 ▼

7 |Don't be afraid,| David told him, |I will certainly show you kindness for your father Jonathan's sake. I will give back to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.|

8 Mephibosheth bowed down [again] and answered, |Who am I that you would look at a dead dog like me?|

9 Then the king called for Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, |I have given your master's grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family.

10 You, your sons, and your servants should farm the land for him and harvest [the crops] so that your master's family will have food to eat. However, your master's grandson Mephibosheth will always eat at my table.| (Ziba had 15 sons and 20 servants.)

11 Ziba responded, |I will do everything you've commanded, Your Majesty.| From then on, Mephibosheth ate at David's table as one of the king's sons.