There was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king said to him, ‘Are you Ziba? ’ ‘I am your servant,’ he replied.
For my grandfather’s entire family deserves death from my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. So what further right do I have to keep on making appeals to the king? ’
‘Don’t be afraid,’ David said to him, ‘since I intend to show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all your grandfather Saul’s fields, and you will always eat meals at my table.’