2 Samuel 16:1-4

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Ziba Meets David

16 When David had passed a short way ·over the top of the Mount of Olives [^Lbeyond the summit], Ziba, Mephibosheth’s [^CJonathan’s son and Saul’s grandson; 4:4] servant, met him. Ziba had a ·row [string; or couple] of donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred ·cakes [or clusters] of raisins, one hundred ·cakes of figs [^Lbunches of summer fruits], and ·leather bags full [skins] of wine. ² The king asked Ziba, “What are these things for?”

Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for your ·family [household] to ride. The bread and ·cakes of figs [^Lsummer fruit] are for the ·servants [men; soldiers] to eat. And the wine is for anyone to drink who might become ·weak [exhausted; faint] in the ·desert [wilderness].”

³ The king asked, “Where is ·Mephibosheth [^Lyour master’s son/grandson]?”

Ziba answered him, “Mephibosheth is staying in Jerusalem because he thinks, ‘Today the Israelites will ·give [^Lrestore] my father’s kingdom back to me!’”

⁴ Then the king said to Ziba, “All right. Everything that belonged to Mephibosheth, I now give to you!”

Ziba said, “I ·bow to you [prostrate myself]. ·I hope I will always be able to please you [^LMay I find favor in your sight/eyes, my lord the king].”