The Bible Study Podcast, episode 251. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of Second Samuel with Chapter 9.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. This week, we continue with the study of Second Samuel, and again, these six good chapters,

and we wrap these up this week.

Next week we got trouble.

But first, Second Samuel 9.

David asked, is there anyone left of the House of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?

Now, there was a servant of Saul's household named Ziba. They summoned him to

appear before David, and the king asked, are you Ziba? At your service, he replied. The king asked,

Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?

Ziba answered the king. There is still a son of Jonathan. He is lame in both feet. Where is he, the king asked? Ziba answered, he is at the house of Makir, son of Amiel and Lodabar. So King David had him brought from Lodabar from the house of Makir, son of Amel. When Mephibusheth, son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor.

David said, Mephusheth, at your service he replied, don't be afraid, David said to him, for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father, Jonathan. I will restore you to all the land that belonged to your grandfather, Saul, and you will always eat at my table. Maphibbusheth bowed down and said,

What is your servant that you should notice a dead dog like me? father Saul, and you will always eat at my table. Mephibusheth bowed down and said,

What is your servant that you should notice a dead dog like me? Then the king summoned Zibba,

Saul's steward, and said to him, I have given your master's grandson everything that belonged

to Saul and his family. You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in

the crops so that your master's grandson may be provided for.

And Maphibusheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table.

Now Ziba had 15 sons and 20 servants.

Then Ziba said to the king, your servant will do whatever my lord the king commands his servant to do.

So Maph ate at King David's table like one lord the king commands his servant to do. So Maphiphubesh

ate at King David's table like one of the king's sons. Mephubucheth had a young son named Micah,

and all of the members of Zivvah's household were servants of Mephubucheth, and Mephubucheth lived in

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