1 David asked, "Is there anyone from Saul’s family still alive that I could show faithful love for Jonathan’s sake?"
2 There was a servant from Saul’s household named Ziba, and he was summoned before David."Are you Ziba?" the king asked him."At your service!" he answered.
3 The king asked, "Is there anyone left from Saul’s family that I could show God’s kindness to?""Yes," Ziba said to the king, "one of Jonathan’s sons, whose feet are crippled."
4 "Where is he?" the king asked."He is at the house of Ammiel’s son Machir at Lo-debar," Ziba told the king.
5 So King David had him brought from the house of Ammiel’s son Machir at Lo-debar.
6 Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son and Saul’s grandson, came to David, and he fell to the ground, bowing low out of respect."Mephibosheth?" David said."Yes," he replied. "I am at your service!"
7 "Don’t be afraid," David told him, "because I will certainly show you faithful love for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the fields of your grandfather Saul, and you will eat at my table always."