II Samuel 9 · שמואל ב

And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Sha᾽ul; that I may show him loyal love for Yehonatan’s sake?

And there was of the house of Sha᾽ul a servant whose name was Żiva. And when they had called him to David, the king said to him, Art thou Żiva? And he said, Thy servant is he.

And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Sha᾽ul that I may show the love of God to him? And Żiva said to the king, Yehonatan has yet a son, who is lame on his feet.

And the king said to him, Where is he? And Żiva said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Makhir, the son of ῾Ammi᾽el, in Lo-devar.

Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Makhir, the son of ῾Ammi᾽el, from Lo-devar.

Now when Mefivoshet, the son of Yehonatan, the son of Sha᾽ul, was come to David, he fell on his face, and bowed down to the ground. And David said, Mefivoshet. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

And David said to him, Fear not: for I will surely show thee loyal love for Yehonatan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Sha᾽ul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am?

Then the king called to Żiva, Sha᾽ul’s servant, and said to him, I have given to thy master’s son all that belonged to Sha᾽ul and to all his house.

Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the produce, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: though Mefivoshet thy master’s son shall eat bread always at my table. Now Żiva had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

Then said Żiva to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mefivoshet, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons.

And Mefivoshet had a young son, whose name was Mikha. And all that dwelt in the house of Żiva were servants to Mefivoshet.

So Mefivoshet dwelt in Yerushalayim: for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame in both his feet.