2 Samuel 9

David shows kindness to Jonathan's crippled son **Mephibosheth**, restoring Saul's lands to him and inviting him to eat at the king's table continually as a covenant act of loyalty.[2]

Interlinear Text

And he said to him David not fear for doing I will do with you kindness for the sake of Jonathan your father and I will restore to you [direct object marker] all the field of Saul your father and you shall eat bread at my table continually
and you shall serve for him [direct object marker] the land you and your sons and your servants and you shall bring and it shall be for son of your lord bread and he shall eat it but Mephibosheth son of your lord he shall eat continually bread at my table and to Ziba fifteen ten sons and twenty servants
10 וְ/עָבַ֣דְתָּ 𐤅/𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤕 veavadeta and you shall serve HC/Vqq2ms לּ֣/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo for him HR/Sp3ms אֶֽת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] HTo הָ/אֲדָמָ֡ה 𐤄/𐤀𐤃𐤌𐤄 haadamah the land HTd/Ncfsa אַתָּה֩ 𐤀𐤕𐤄 atah you HPp2ms וּ/בָנֶ֨י/ךָ 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉/𐤊 uvaneykha Bene (Bemba) and your sons HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms וַ/עֲבָדֶ֜י/ךָ 𐤅/𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉/𐤊 vaavadeykha and your servants HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms וְ/הֵבֵ֗אתָ 𐤅/𐤄𐤁𐤀𐤕 veheveta and you shall bring HC/Vhq2ms וְ/הָיָ֨ה 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤄 vehayah and it shall be HC/Vqq3ms לְ/בֶן 𐤋/𐤁𐤍 leven Bene (Bemba) for son HR/Ncmsc אֲדֹנֶ֤י/ךָ 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉/𐤊 adoneykha of your lord HNcmpc/Sp2ms לֶּ֨חֶם֙ 𐤋𐤇𐤌 lechem bread HNcbsa וַ/אֲכָל֔/וֹ 𐤅/𐤀𐤊𐤋/𐤅 vaakhalo and he shall eat it HC/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms וּ/מְפִיבֹ֨שֶׁת֙ 𐤅/𐤌𐤐𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤕 umefivoshet but Mephibosheth HC/Np בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) son HNcmsc אֲדֹנֶ֔י/ךָ 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉/𐤊 adoneykha-2 of your lord HNcmpc/Sp2ms יֹאכַ֥ל 𐤉𐤀𐤊𐤋 yokhal he shall eat HVqi3ms תָּמִ֛יד 𐤕𐤌𐤉𐤃 tamid continually HNcmsa לֶ֖חֶם 𐤋𐤇𐤌 lechem-2 bread HNcbsa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al at HR שֻׁלְחָנִ֑/י 𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤍/𐤉 shulechani my table HNcmsc/Sp1cs וּ/לְ/צִיבָ֗א 𐤅/𐤋/𐤑𐤉𐤁𐤀 uletsiva and to Ziba HC/R/Np חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤄 chamishah fifteen HAcmsa עָשָׂ֛ר 𐤏𐤔𐤓 asar ten HAcmsa בָּנִ֖ים 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 banim Bene (Bemba) sons HNcmpa וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֥ים 𐤅/𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 veeserim and twenty HC/Acbpa עֲבָדִֽים 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤌 avadim servants HNcmpa
And he said Ziba to the king According to all that commands my lord the king [direct object marker] his servant so he shall do your servant And Mephibosheth [he is] eating at my table like one of the sons of the king