2 Samuel 9:11 Cross References - Rotherham

¹¹ Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king shall command his servant, so, will thy servant do,––but, Mephibosheth, is to eat at the table of David, as one of the sons of the king.

¹ Now, David, had passed on but a little from the summit, when lo! Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth, met him,––with a couple of asses saddled, and, upon them, two hundred cakes of bread, and one hundred cakes of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine. ² And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou, by these? And Ziba said––The asses, are for the king’s household, to ride on, and, the bread and the summer fruits, are for the young men to eat, and, the wine, is for drink to such as are faint in the wilderness. ³ Then said the king, And where is thy lord’s son? And Ziba said unto the king––Lo! abiding in Jerusalem, for he said, Today, will the house of Israel, restore unto me, the kingdom of my father. ⁴ Then said the king unto Ziba, Lo! thine, is all that pertained to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said––I have done homage, that I might find favour in thine eyes, my lord O king.

¹⁷ And, a thousand men, were with him, out of Benjamin, Ziba also, servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and twenty servants, with him,––and they went through the Jordan, before the king.

²⁶ And he said, My lord, O king, my servant, betrayed me, ––for thy servant said––I will even saddle me mine ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king, for, lame, is thy servant.