2 And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.
2 Samuel 9:2
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2 Samuel 9:5–7
5 So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar. 6 And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied. 7 “Do not be…
2 Samuel 9:10–12
10 You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
1 Samuel 17:57–58
57 So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. 58 “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
2 Samuel 16:3–5
3 “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’” 4 So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosh…
1 Samuel 26:16–18
16 This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?” 17 Then Saul recognized David…
1 Samuel 22:11–13
11 Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king. 12 “Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied. 13 And Saul asked h…
2 Samuel 1:2–4
2 On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage. 3 “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied. 4 “What was the…
2 Samuel 19:29–31
29 The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.” 30 And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!” 31 Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come do…
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