2 Samuel 16:3

The king said, “Where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.’”

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“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”

ASV

And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; for he said, To-day will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 וְאַיֵּה ve·'ai·yeh and where H346 בֶּן־ ben- [is] [the] son of H1121 אֲדֹנֶיךָ 'a·do·nei·kha master(s) your H113 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 צִיבָא tzi·va' Ziba H6717 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 הִנֵּה hi·neh there H2009 יוֹשֵׁב yo·shev [he is] dwelling H3427 בִּירוּשָׁלִַם bi·ru·sha·lim in Jerusalem H3389 כִּי ki for H3588 אָמַר 'a·mar he said H559 הַיּוֹם hai·yom this day H3117 יָשִׁיבוּ ya·shi·vu they will restore H7725 לִי li to (the) me H9030 בֵּית beit [the] house of H1004 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 אֵת 'et (marks the object) H853 מַמְלְכוּת mam·le·khut [the] kingdom of H4468 אָבִי 'a·vi father my H1

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–4

Ziba belied Mephibosheth. Great men ought always to be jealous of flatterers, and to be careful that they hear both sides.

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Ziba Jerusalem

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.