⁷ “Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “since I intend to show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all your grandfather Saul’s fields, and you will always eat meals at my table.”^(A)

²⁸ For my grandfather’s entire family deserves death from my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table.^(A) So what further right do I have to keep on making appeals to the king?”