2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father.
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Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
2 Samuel 9:9Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, I have given to thy master's son all that pertained to Saul, and to all his house.
2 Samuel 19:28For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that ate at thy own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more to the king?
Psalms 88:18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness.
Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.
Micah 7:5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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 →