¹ And David said, Is·​·there yet anyone who remains of^◦ the house of Saul, that I may do mercy with him for the sake of Jonathan^◦?

² And there was of the house of Saul a servant, and his name was Ziba. And they called him to^▵ David, and the king said to^▵ him, Art thou^◦ Ziba? And he said, Thy servant.

³ And the king said, Is there yet no^▵ man^◦ for the house of Saul, that I may do the mercy of God with him? And Ziba said unto^▵ the king, There is yet a son to Jonathan^◦, crippled of both·​·feet.

⁴ And the king said to him, Where^◦ is he^◦? And Ziba said to^▵ the king, Behold, he^◦ is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

⁵ And King David sent and took him out·​·of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, out·​·of Lo-debar.

⁶ And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan^◦, the son of Saul, came unto^▵ David, and he fell upon his face, and bowed·​·down. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he said, Behold, thy servant.

⁷ And David said to him, Fear not; for doing, I shall do mercy with thee for Jonathan^◦ thy father’s sake, and will return to thee all the field of Saul thy father; and thou^◦ shalt eat the bread on my table continually.

⁸ And he bowed· himself ·down and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest turn· thy ·face to^▵ the dead dog who is such·​·as I?

⁹ And the king called to^▵ Ziba, Saul’s lad, and said unto^▵ him, All that Saul and all his house had^◦, I have given unto the son of thy lord.

¹⁰ And thou shalt till the ground for him, thou^◦ and thy sons and thy servants, and thou shalt bring·​·in, and the son of thy lord shall have^◦ bread, and he shall eat it; but Mephibosheth the son of thy lord shall eat bread at my table continually. And Ziba had^◦ fifteen sons and twenty servants.

¹¹ And Ziba said to^▵ the king, According·​·to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. And Mephibosheth shall eat at my table as one of the king’s sons.

¹² And Mephibosheth had^◦ a little^◦ son and his name was Micha. And all who were dwelling in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

¹³ And Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he^◦ did eat continually at the table of the king; and he^◦ was lame in his two feet.

¹⁵ And the servants of the king said unto^▵ the king, According to all that my lord the king shall choose, behold, thy servants.