SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:11
Y respondió Siba al rey: Conforme a todo lo que ha mandado mi señor el rey a su siervo, así lo hará tu siervo. Mefi-boset, dijo el rey , comerá a mi mesa, como uno de los hijos del rey.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 9:11
Verse 11. So shall thy servant do.] The promises of Ziba were fair and specious, but he was a traitor in his heart, as we shall see in the rebellion of Absalom, and David's indulgence to this man is a blot in his character; at this time however he suspected no evil; circumstances alone can develope the human character. The internal villain can be known only when circumstances occur which can call his propensities into action; till then he may be reputed an honest man.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. Then said Ziba unto the king, according to all the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do , etc.] Till the land, and bring the fruits of it to Mephibosheth, for the support of his family; he promised very fair, had he been as faithful to his trust: as for Mephibosheth, [said the king], he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons ; which is repeated, for the confirmation of it, and to show that he should be treated with equal respect, and fare as the king’s sons themselves did; though the clause “said the king” is not in the original text, and the words are thought by Abarbinel and others to be the words of Ziba continued; who promised to do what the king had ordered, though Mephibosheth had eaten at his table, as one of the king’s sons, and needed not anything, and needed not to eat at the king’s table; and if it was his pleasure, he would maintain him out of this estate like the son of a king; but the phrase “my table” seems to be too arrogant for Ziba to say, and rather fits the mouth of David the king.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-13 - As David was a type of Christ, his Lord and Son, his Root an Offspring, let his kindness to Mephibosheth remind us of the kindnes and love of God our Saviour to fallen man, to whom he was under n obligation, as David was to Jonathan. The Son of God seeks this los and ruined race, who sought not after him. He comes to seek and to sav them __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 ציבא 6717 אל 413 המלך 4428 ככל 3605 אשׁר 834 יצוה 6680 אדני 113 המלך 4428 את 853 עבדו 5650 כן 3651 יעשׂה 6213 עבדך 5650 ומפיבשׁת 4648 אכל 398 על 5921 שׁלחני 7979 כאחד 259 מבני 1121 המלך׃ 4428
