2 Samuel 9:13 - The Scriptures 2009

And Mephiḇosheth was dwelling in Yerushalayim, for he ate continually at the sovereign’s table. And he was lame in both his feet.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king's table, [even though] he was lame in both feet.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table. He was crippled in both feet.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem. For he was fed always from the table of the king. And he was lame in both feet.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But Miphiboseth dwelt in Jerusalem: because he ate always of the king's table. And he was lame of both feet.

2 Samuel 9:13 Cross References

2 Samuel 19:27

“And he spoke slander against your servant to my master the sovereign, but my master the sovereign is as a messenger of Elohim. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.

2 Samuel 4:4

Now Yehonathan, son of Sha’ul, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Sha’ul and Yehonathan came from Yizre‛ĕl, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it came to be, as she hurried to flee, that he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephiḇosheth.

2 Samuel 9:12

And Mephiḇosheth had a young son whose name was Miḵa. And all who dwelt in the house of Tsiḇa were servants of Mephiḇosheth.

2 Samuel 9:3

And the sovereign said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Sha’ul, so that I show him the loving-commitment of Elohim?” And Tsiḇa said to the sovereign, “There is still a son of Yehonathan, lame in his feet.”

2 Samuel 9:7

Dawiḏ then said to him, “Do not fear, for I shall certainly show you loving-commitment because of Yehonathan your father, and shall return to you all the land of Sha’ul your grandfather, and let you eat bread at my table continually.”

Jeremiah 52:33

So he changed his prison garments, and he ate bread continually before the sovereign all the days of his life.