Ziba

The king continued, “Is there any member of the House of Saul left with whom I can keep faith as pledged before God?” Ziba answered the king, “Yes, there is still a son of Jonathan whose feet are crippled.”

2. Samuel (II Samuel) ·Bölüm 9 ·9:3 ·machine translation (sefaria)

“Where is he?” the king asked, and Ziba said to the king, “He is in the house of Machir son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.”

2. Samuel (II Samuel) ·Bölüm 9 ·9:4 ·machine translation (sefaria)

Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do just as my lord the king has commanded him.” “Mephibosheth shall eat at my table like one of the king’s sons.”

2. Samuel (II Samuel) ·Bölüm 9 ·9:11 ·machine translation (sefaria)

David had passed a little beyond the summit when Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth came toward him with a pair of saddled donkeys carrying two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred cakes of raisin, one hundred cakes of figs, and a jar of wine.

2. Samuel (II Samuel) ·Bölüm 16 ·16:1 ·machine translation (sefaria)

The king asked Ziba, “What are you doing with these?” Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for Your Majesty’s family to ride on, the bread and figs are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is to be drunk by any who are exhausted in the wilderness.”

2. Samuel (II Samuel) ·Bölüm 16 ·16:2 ·machine translation (sefaria)

“And where is your master’s son?” the king asked. “He is staying in Jerusalem,” Ziba replied to the king, “for he thinks that the House of Israel will now give him back the throne of his grandfather.”

2. Samuel (II Samuel) ·Bölüm 16 ·16:3 ·machine translation (sefaria)

The king said to Ziba, “Then all that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” And Ziba replied, “I bow low. Your Majesty is most gracious to me.”

2. Samuel (II Samuel) ·Bölüm 16 ·16:4 ·machine translation (sefaria)

The king said to him, “You need not speak further. I decree that you and Ziba shall divide the property.”

2. Samuel (II Samuel) ·Bölüm 19 ·19:30 ·machine translation (sefaria)