Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Samuel 9:8
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Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
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And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I [am]?
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He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”
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And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
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2 Samuel 9
6 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.
7 “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
9 Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
10 You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
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