2 Samuel 9:4 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 9:4

2 And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was ^aZiba. So when they had called him to David, the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He said, “At your service!”

3 Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show ^athe kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is ^blame in his feet.”

4 So the king said to him, “Where is he?” And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is in the house of ^aMachir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”

5 Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.

6 Now when ^aMephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and prostrated himself. Then David said, “Mephibosheth?” And he answered, “Here is your servant!”

7 So David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.”

8 Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon such ^aa dead dog as I?”

9 And the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, ^a“I have given to your master’s son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 9:4

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American Standard Version
And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

Amplified® Bible
And the king said, Where is he? Ziba replied, He is in the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.

Contemporary English Version
"Where is he?" David asked. Ziba replied, "He lives in Lo-Debar with Machir the son of Ammiel."

Darby English Version
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 Lodebar.

Good News Bible
"Where is he?" the king asked. "At the home of Machir son of Ammiel in Lodebar," Ziba answered.

King James Version
And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.

New American Standard Bible
So 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.""

New International Version
"Where is he?" the king asked.
Ziba answered, "He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar."

New King James Version
So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Indeed he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So the king said to him, "Where does he live?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he lives in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar."

Revised Standard Version
The king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "He is in the house of Machir the son of Am'miel, at Lo-debar."

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith to him, `Where `is' he?' and Ziba saith unto the king, `Lo, he `is' in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, in Lo-Debar.'

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