9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the beit Sha'ul, that I may shew him kindness for Yonatan's sake?
9:2 And [there was] of the beit Sha'ul a eved whose name [was] Ziva. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, [Art] thou Ziva? And he said, Thy eved [is he].
9:3 And the king said, [Is] there not yet any of the beit Sha'ul, that I may shew the kindness of Elohim (אלהים) unto him? And Ziva said unto the king, Yonatan hath yet a son, [which is] lame on [his] feet.
9:4 And the king said unto him, Where [is] he? And Ziva said unto the king, Behold, he [is] in the beit Machir, Ben Ammiel, in Lodebar.
9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the beit Machir, Ben Ammiel, from Lodebar.
9:6 Now when Mefiboshet, Ben Yonatan, Ben Sha'ul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mefiboshet. And he answered, Behold thy eved!
9:7 And David said unto him,
Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Yonatan 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.
9:8 And he bowed himself, and said,
What [is] thy eved, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I [am]?
9:9 Then the king called to Ziva, Sha'ul's eved, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Sha'ul and to all his house.
9:10 Thou therefore, and thy banim, and thy avadim, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in [the fruits], that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mefiboshet thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziva had fifteen banim and twenty avadim.
9:11 Then said Ziva unto the king, According to all that my adon (אדון) the king hath commanded his eved, so shall thy eved do. As for Mefiboshet, [said the king], he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's banim.
9:12 And Mefiboshet had a young son, whose name [was] Micha. And all that dwelt in the beit Ziva [were] avadim unto Mefiboshet.
9:13 So Mefiboshet dwelt in Yerushalayim: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.