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2 Samuel 16:3

And the king said, And where is the son of your master? and Siba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

In Context

2And the king said to Siba, What meanest you by these? and Siba, said, The asses are for the household of the king to sit upon, and the loaves and the dates are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for them that are faint in the wilderness to drink.

4And the king said to Siba, Behold, all Memphibosthe's property is your. And Siba did obeisance and said, My lord, O king, let me find grace in your eyes.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

2 Samuel 9:9And the king called Siba the servant of Saul, and said to him, All that + 9:9 Gr. belongs. belonged to Saul and to all his house have I given to the son of your lord.

2 Samuel 19:28For all the house of my father were but as dead men before my lord the king; yet you have set your servant among them that eat at your table: and what right have I any longer even to cry to the king?

Psalms 88:18for our help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king. 1

Proverbs 1:19These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

Micah 7:5Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of your wife, so as not to commit anything to her.

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 →

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