The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 10: 2 Kings: The Challoner Revision
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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 10: 2 Kings: The Challoner Revision
Bible. Samuel, 2nd
9:1. And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of
Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake?
9:2. Now there was of the house of Saul, a servant named Siba: and when
the king had called him to him, he said to him: Art thou Siba? And he
answered: I am Siba thy servant.
9:3. And the king said: Is there any one left of the house of Saul, that
I may shew the mercy of God unto Him? And Siba said to the king: There
is a son of Jonathan left, who is lame of his feet.
9:4. Where is he? said he. And Siba said to the king: Behold he is in
the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lodabar.
9:5. Then King David sent, and brought him out of the house of Machir
the son of Ammiel of Lodabar.
9:6. And when Miphiboseth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul was come
to David, he fell on his face and worshipped. And David said:
Miphiboseth? And he answered: Behold thy servant.
9:7. And David said to him: Fear not, for I will surely shew thee mercy
for Jonathan thy father's sake, and I will restore the lands of Saul the
father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table always.
9:8. He bowed down to him, and said: Who am I thy servant, that thou
shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am?
9:9. Then the King called Siba the servant of Saul, and said to him: All
that belonged to Saul, and all his house, I have given to thy master's
son.
9:10. Thou therefore and the sons and thy servants shall till the land
for him: and thou shalt bring in food for thy master's son, that he may
be maintained: and Miphiboseth the son of thy master shall always eat
bread at my table. And Siba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
9:11. And Siba said to the king: As thou my lord the hast commanded thy
servant, so will thy servant do: and Miphiboseth shall eat at my table,
as one of the sons of the King.
9:12. And Miphiboseth had a young son whose name was Micha: and all that
kindred of the house of Siba served Miphiboseth.
9:13. But Miphiboseth dwelt in Jerusalem: because he ate always of the
king's table: and he was lame of both feet.
2 Kings Chapter 10
The Ammonites shamefully abuse the ambassadors of David: they hire the
Syrians to the their assistance: but are overthrown with their allies.
10:1. And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of
Ammon died, and Hanon his son reigned in his stead.
10:2. And David said: I will shew kindness to Hanon the son of Daas, as
his father shewed kindness to me. So David sent his servants to comfort
him for the death of his father. But when the servants of David were
come into the land of the children of Ammon,
10:3. The princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanon their lord:
Thinkest thou that for the honour of thy father, David hath sent
comforters to thee, and hath not David rather sent his servants to thee
to search, and spy into the city, and overthrow it?
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