What does 2 Samuel 9:11 mean?
ESV: Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so will your servant do." So Mephibosheth ate at David 's table, like one of the king 's sons.
NIV: Then Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do whatever my lord the king commands his servant to do." So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s sons.
NASB: Then Ziba said to the king, 'In accordance with everything that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.' So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table as one of the king’s sons.
CSB: Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do all my lord the king commands." So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table just like one of the king’s sons.
NLT: Ziba replied, 'Yes, my lord the king; I am your servant, and I will do all that you have commanded.' And from that time on, Mephibosheth ate regularly at David’s table, like one of the king’s own sons.
KJV: Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
NKJV: Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will your servant do.” “As for Mephibosheth,” said the king, “he shall eat at my table like one of the king’s sons.”
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Second Samuel continues the story of David, who will become king over Judah. The other tribes of Israel are resistant, eventually sparking a civil war. David wins and makes Jerusalem his capital. Early success is followed by moral failure and controversy in David's house. The book of 1 Kings will begin by detailing David's decline and death.
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