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!”  ‡

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.  ‡

10 You therefore, and your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s son ^ashall eat bread at my table always.” Now Ziba had ^bfifteen sons and twenty servants.  ‡