2 Samuel 8-9New King James Version (NKJV)
David’s Further Conquests
8 After this it came to pass that David attacked
the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Metheg Ammah from the hand of
the Philistines.
2 Then he defeated Moab. Forcing them
down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured
off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So
the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought tribute.
3 David also defeated Hadadezer the
son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the River
Euphrates. 4 David took from him one thousand chariots, seven
hundred[a] horsemen, and twenty
thousand foot soldiers. Also David hamstrung all the chariot horses,
except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.
5 When the Syrians of Damascus came
to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the
Syrians. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus;
and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute.
So the Lord preserved David wherever he went. 7 And
David took the shields of gold that had belonged to the servants of Hadadezer,
and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 Also from Betah[b] and from Berothai,
cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
9 When Toi[c] king of Hamath heard
that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, 10 then
Toi sent Joram[d] his son to King David,
to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and
defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi); and Joram brought
with him articles of silver, articles of gold, and articles of bronze. 11 King
David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold
that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued— 12 from
Syria,[e] from Moab, from the
people of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of
Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13 And David made himself a
name when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Syrians[f] in the Valley of
Salt. 14 He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout
all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And
the Lord preserved David wherever he went.
David’s Administration
15 So David reigned over all Israel;
and David administered judgment and justice to all his people. 16 Joab
the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of
Ahilud was recorder; 17 Zadok the
son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the
priests; Seraiah[g] was the
scribe; 18 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was
over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were
chief ministers.
David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth
9 Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is
left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
2 And there was a
servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So when they
had called him to David, the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?”
He said, “At your service!”
3 Then the king said, “Is there
not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of
God?”
And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of
Jonathan who is lame in his feet.”
4 So the king said to him, “Where is he?”
And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is in
the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”
5 Then King David sent and brought
him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
6 Now when Mephibosheth the son of
Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and
prostrated himself. Then David said, “Mephibosheth?”
And he answered, “Here is your servant!”
7 So David said to him, “Do not fear,
for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will
restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread
at my table continually.”
8 Then he bowed himself, and said,
“What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead
dog as I?”
9 And the king called to Ziba, Saul’s
servant, and said to him, “I have given to your master’s son all that belonged
to Saul and to all his house. 10 You therefore, and
your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring
in the harvest, that your master’s son may have food to eat.
But Mephibosheth your master’s son shall eat bread at my table always.” Now
Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
11 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[h] like one of the king’s
sons.” 12 Mephibosheth had a young son whose
name was Micha. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants
of Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in
Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. And he was lame in both
his feet.
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