2 Samuel 9:6
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Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
In other translations
Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
Hebrew words
וַיָּבֹאvaiyavo'and he cameH935מְפִיבֹשֶׁתmefivoshetMephiboshethH4648בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121יְהוֹנָתָןyehonatanJonathanH3083בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586אֶל־'el-toH413דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732וַיִּפֹּלvaiyipoland he fellH5307עַל־'al-onH5921פָּנָיוpanavface hisH6440וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּvaiyishtachuand he bowed downH7812וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732מְפִיבֹשֶׁתmefivoshetO MephiboshethH4648וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009עַבְדֶּךָ׃'avdekha[is] servant yourH5650
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 16:4Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
- 1 Chronicles 9:40And the son of Jonathan was Merib–baal: and Merib–baal begat Micah.The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.
- 2 Samuel 19:24-3024 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? 26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.24 Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely. 25 And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?” 26 “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me, 27 and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
- 1 Chronicles 8:34And the son of Jonathan was Merib–baal; and Merib–baal begat Micah.The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
- 1 Samuel 25:23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
- Genesis 18:2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
- 1 Samuel 20:41And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
- Genesis 33:3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
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People: David, Jonathan, Mephibosheth, Saul