David and Mephibosheth

9 David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”^(A)

³ The king asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?”

Ziba answered the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan;^(A) he is lame^(B) in both feet.”

⁸ I gave your master’s house to you,^(A) and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.

²⁸ All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death^(A) from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table.^(B) So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”

⁷ “But show kindness^(A) to the sons of Barzillai^(B) of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table.^(C) They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

²⁹ So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.^(A)