These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
2 Samuel 9
Tanakh 13 verses
- 1 And said: ‘Is there yet any that is left of the house of , that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?’
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Now there was of the house of a whose was Ziba, and they called him unto ; and the said unto him: ‘Art thou Ziba?’ And he said: ‘Thy is he.’
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And the said: ‘Is there not yet any of the house of , that I may show the kindness of unto him?’ And Ziba said unto the : ‘ hath yet a son, who is lame on his feet.’
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And the said unto him: ‘Where is he?’ And Ziba said unto the : ‘Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.’
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- 5 Then sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
- 6 And Mephibosheth, the son of , the son of , came unto , and fell on his , and prostrated himself. And said: ‘Mephibosheth!’ And he answered: ‘Behold thy !’
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And said unto him: ‘Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.’
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2 Samuel 9:1 1 Kings 2:7 2 Samuel 19:28 2 Samuel 9:3 2 Kings 25:29 Genesis 43:18 Isaiah 35:3-4 Genesis 50:18-21 Jeremiah 25:33-34 Luke 22:30 Revelation 3:20 2 Samuel 9:11 Matthew 6:11 Genesis 43:23 Psalm 41:9 1 Samuel 12:19-20 Luke 1:29-30 Luke 1:12-13 1 Samuel 12:24 Ruth 2:11-12 2 Timothy 1:16-18 2 Samuel 12:8 2 Samuel 19:33 Mark 5:33-34 -
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And he bowed down, and said: ‘What is thy , that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?’
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Then the called to Ziba, Saul’s , and said unto him: ‘All that pertained to and to all his house have I given unto thy master’s son.
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And thou shalt till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants; and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread continually at my table.’ Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
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Then said Ziba unto the : ‘According to all that my lord the commandeth his , so shall thy do; but Mephibosheth eateth at my table as one of the king’s sons.’
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Now Mephibosheth had a young son, whose was Mica. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
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But Mephibosheth dwelt in ; for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and he was lame on both his feet.
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