English Bible Presentation Sharing - 2-Samuel Book, chapter 9, verse 29 in Net Version

2 Samuel 9 : 1 (NET)

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 Samuel 9 : 2 (NET)

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."

2 Samuel 9 : 3 (NET)

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."

2 Samuel 9 : 4 (NET)

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

2 Samuel 9 : 5 (NET)

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

2 Samuel 9 : 6 (NET)

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."

2 Samuel 9 : 7 (NET)

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."

2 Samuel 9 : 8 (NET)

Then Mephibosheth bowed and said, "Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?"

2 Samuel 9 : 9 (NET)

Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul's attendant, and said to him, "Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master's grandson.

2 Samuel 9 : 10 (NET)

You will cultivate the land for him� you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce and it will be food for your master's grandson to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will be a regular guest at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

2 Samuel 9 : 11 (NET)

Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do everything that my lord the king has instructed his servant to do." So Mephibosheth was a regular guest at David's table, just as though he were one of the king's sons.

2 Samuel 9 : 12 (NET)

Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba's household were Mephibosheth's servants.

2 Samuel 9 : 13 (NET)

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