1David said, "Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul? I want to show him kindness for Jonathan's sake."
2There was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. They called him to David, and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" He said, "I am your servant."
3The king said, "Is there no one left of the house of Saul, so that I may show him the kindness of God?" Ziba said to the king, "Jonathan still has a son, who is lame in his feet."
4The king said to him, "Where is he?" Ziba said to the king, "He is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar."
5Then king David sent and brought him from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
6When Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell on his face and bowed low. David said, "Mephibosheth." He answered, "Here is your servant."
7David said to him, "Do not be afraid. I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will give you back all the land of Saul your father, and you will always eat bread at my table."
8He bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
9Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, "I have given to your master's son everything that belonged to Saul and to all his house."
10"So you, and your sons, and your servants must work the land for him, and you must bring in the crops, so that your master's son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master's son will always eat bread at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
11Then Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do everything that my lord the king has commanded his servant." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table, like one of the king's sons.
12Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micha. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
13So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he always ate at the king's table. And he was lame in both his feet.