2 Samuel 9:9-13

Good News Translation

⁹ Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said, “I am giving Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, everything that belonged to Saul and his family. ¹⁰ You, your sons, and your servants will farm the land for your master Saul's family and bring in the harvest, to provide food for them. But Mephibosheth himself will always be a guest at my table.” (Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

¹¹ Ziba answered, “I will do everything Your Majesty commands.”

So Mephibosheth ate at the king's^[a] table, just like one of the king's sons. ¹² Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. All the members of Ziba's family became servants of Mephibosheth. ¹³ So Mephibosheth, who was crippled in both feet, lived in Jerusalem, eating all his meals at the king's table.