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At this, King David sent for him and brought him from the home of Ammiel’s son Makir in Lo-debar. When Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son and a grandson of Saul, approached David, he threw himself on his face out of respect.

“Mephibosheth!” David said as he greeted him.

“Hello! I am your servant,” he replied.

“Don’t be afraid,” David reassured him, “because I’m going to show gracious love to you in memory[a] of your father Jonathan. I’m going to restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you’ll always have a place[b] at my table!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 9:7 Lit. love for the sake
  2. 2 Samuel 9:7 Lit. always eat

So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.

When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor.(A)

David said, “Mephibosheth!”

“At your service,” he replied.

“Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan.(B) I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.(C)

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