The Work That Matters | Audio Reading | Our Daily Bread Devotional | October 26, 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Maphibishev always ate at the king's table. |
| 0:04.0 | He was lame in both feet. |
| 0:06.0 | 2 Samuel 9, verse 13. |
| 0:09.0 | Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread. |
| 0:14.0 | The work that matters was written by John Blaze and read by Stephen Tabor. |
| 0:20.0 | 2 Samuel chapter 9 verses 1 through 7 on Blaze, and read by Stephen Tabor. |
| 0:25.8 | 2 Samuel, Chapter 9, verses 1 through 7, and verse 13. |
| 0:32.6 | David asked, is there anyone still left of the House of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake? |
| 0:34.4 | Now, there was a servant of Saul's household named Zeba. |
| 0:39.7 | They summoned him to appear before David, |
| 0:45.4 | and the king said to him, are you Zeba? At your service, he replied. The king asked, |
| 0:50.1 | Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul, to whom I can show God's kindness? |
| 0:54.3 | Ziba answered the king. There is still a son of Jonathan. He is lame in both feet. |
| 0:56.0 | Where is he? |
| 0:57.4 | The king asked. |
| 0:58.7 | Ziba answered, he is at the house of Makir, son of Amiel, and Lodabar. |
| 1:03.8 | So King David had him brought from Lodabar from the house of Makir, son of Amiel. |
| 1:09.6 | When Maphethyseth, son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, |
| 1:13.8 | he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, Maphibisheth, at your service, he replied. |
| 1:21.2 | 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 to you all the land that belong to him, for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table. And now ending with verse 13. And Mofibisheth lived in Jerusalem because he always ate at the king's table. He was lame in both feet. |
| 1:48.6 | The Work That Matters, written by John Blaze. |
| 1:52.9 | There's a poignant scene near the end of Frederick Beakner's historical novel, Brendan. The character, |
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