The king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose.
2 Samuel 9:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Then said Tziva to the king, According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so shall your servant do. As for Mefivoshet, [said the king], he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Ziba said to the king, Your servant will do according to all my lord the king commands. So Mephibosheth ate at David's table as one of the king's sons. American Standard Version (1901) Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king commandeth his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons. Common English Bible Then Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do whatever my master the king commands.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table, like one of the king’s own sons. Catholic Public Domain Version And Ziba said to the king: "Just as my lord has ordered your servant, so will your servant do. And Mephibosheth shall eat at my table, like one of the sons of the king." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Siba said to the king: As thou my lord the king hast commanded thy servant, so will thy servant do: and Miphiboseth shall eat at my table, as one of the sons of the king. |
The king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose.
There were a thousand men of Binyamin with him, and Tziva the servant of the house of Sha'ul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Yarden in the presence of the king.
Mefivoshet the son of Sha'ul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in shalom.
He answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because your servant is lame.
You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in [the fruits], that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mefivoshet your master's son shall eat bread always at my table.* Now Tziva had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Mefivoshet had a young son, whose name was Mikha. All that lived in the house of Tziva were servants to Mefivoshet.
So Mefivoshet lived in Yerushalayim; for he ate continually at the king's table. He was lame in both his feet.