And Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do. And Mephibosheth was eating at my table like one of the king’s sons.
And a thousand men were with him from Benjamin; also Ziba, the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him. And they had rushed over the Jordan before the king.
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul had come down to meet the king. And he had not dressed his feet, nor had shaved his upper lip. Yea, he had not washed his garment, even from the day that he went away till the day that he came in peace.
And he said, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle the ass for myself and ride on it and go with the king, for your servant is lame.
And you shall till the land for him, you and your sons and your servants. And you shall bring in the fruits, so that your master’s son may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s son shall eat bread continually at my table. And Ziba had fifteen sons, and twenty servants.