2 Samuel 16:3
The king said, “Where is Mephibosheth, the grandson of your former master Saul?” Ziba deceived David by saying, “He stayed in Jerusalem, because he thinks that now the Israeli people will allow him to rule the kingdom that his grandfather Saul ruled.”
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Exodus 20:16Do not falsely accuse anyone of committing a crime.
2 Samuel 9:9Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “Saul was your master; now I am giving to Mephibosheth everything that belonged to Saul and his family.
2 Samuel 19:28All of my grandfather’s family expected/deserved that we would be executed. But you did not execute me; you allowed me to eat food with you at your table! So I certainly do not have [RHQ] the right to request you for anything more.”
Psalms 88:18You have caused even my friends and others whom I love to avoid me, and it is as though the only friend that I have is darkness.
Proverbs 1:19That is what happens to people who eagerly try to get things by violently attacking others. They will only destroy themselves!
Micah 7:5So, do not trust anyone! Do not trust even a friend; even be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 16:2-5
Ziba's Calumny. ( b. c. 1023.) 1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in… Read the whole commentary →