“So now I’m saying, ‘May what you have told me prevent that man from doing what he wants. You are like an angel of God. You know what is good and what is evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’ ”
Then the king asked, “Where is your master’s grandson Mephibosheth?” Ziba said to him, “He’s staying in Jerusalem. He thinks, ‘Today the Israelites will cause me to rule once again over my grandfather Saul’s kingdom.’ ”
Then the king said to Ziba, “Everything that belonged to Mephibosheth belongs to you now.” “You are my king and master,” Ziba said. “I make myself humble in front of you. I bow down to you. May you be pleased with me.”
There were 1,000 people from Benjamin with him. Ziba, the manager of Saul’s house, was with him too. And so were Ziba’s 15 sons and 20 servants. All of them rushed down to the Jordan River. That’s where the king was.
The king asked, “Isn’t there anyone still alive from the royal house of Saul? God has been very kind to me. I would like to be kind to that person in the same way.” Ziba answered the king, “A son of Jonathan is still living. Both of his feet were hurt so that he can’t walk.”
Achish answered, “You have been as pleasing to me as an angel of God. But the Philistine commanders have said, ‘We don’t want David to go up with us into battle.’