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2 Samuel 19:26

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“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.

KJV

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 19

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And he answered, my lord, O king, my servant deceived me,.... His servant Ziba, who, instead of saddling an ass for him by his order, went off with that and another himself, 2Sa 16:1; for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass; he not only determined this in his own mind, but gave orders to his servant to saddle one for him: that I may ride thereon, and go to the king, because thy servant is lame; and could not walk afoot, being lame of both his feet, 2Sa 4:4.

This site's exposition

my servant Ziba deceived me

on 2 Samuel 19:26-28

Mephibosheth says he meant to have his donkey saddled and ride with the king, “because I am lame”. He calls David “like the angel of God” and leaves the case in his hands. David had promised Saul's house the kindness of God at 9:3.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Those who now slight and abuse the Son of David would be glad to make their peace too when he shall come in his glory; but it will be too late. Shimei, to recommend himself to the king, 1.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

What appears to have happened is, that when Mephibosheth ordered Ziba to saddle the donkeys and ride with him to join David, Ziba left him under pretence of obeying, but instead laded the donkeys with provisions, and went off alone with them, thus making it impossible for Mephibosheth to follow.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Besides dyeing it black or red colors, which, however, is the exception, and not the rule in the East, there are various modes of trimming it: they train it into a massy, bushy form, swelling and round; or they terminate it like a pyramid, in a sharp point. Whatever the mode, it is always trimmed with the greatest care; and they usually carry a small comb for the purpose.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּאמַ֕רand he said

    vaiyomarH559 →5305 times

  • אֲדֹנִ֥יO lord my

    ʾadoniH113 →333 times

  • הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • עַבְדִּ֣יservant my

    ʾavdiH5650 →799 times

  • רִמָּ֑נִיhe betrayed me

    rimaniH7411 →

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אָמַ֨רhe said

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • עַבְדְּךָ֜servant your

    ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times

  • אֶחְבְּשָׁה־let me saddle

    ʾechbeshah-H2280 →33 times

  • לִּי֩for <the> myself

    li

  • הַחֲמ֨וֹרthe donkey

    hachamorH2543 →96 times

  • וְאֶרְכַּ֤בso I may ride

    veerkavH7392 →78 times

  • עָלֶ֙יהָ֙on it

    ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times

  • וְאֵלֵ֣ךְso I may go

    veelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • פִסֵּ֖חַ[is] lame

    fiseachH6455 →14 times

  • עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃servant your

    ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 9:11And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.4 works2 Samuel 9:3So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”3 works2 Samuel 16:2–3“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”2 works2 Samuel 4:4And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.2 works1 Kings 13:13So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 9:3

    So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 4:4

      And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up…

    • Titus 3:3–4

      For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

    • Deuteronomy 10:15

      Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.

    • Luke 6:36

      Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

    • 1 Samuel 20:14–17

      And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

  • Through

    2 Samuel 4:4

    And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up…

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 9:3

      So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”

    • 1 Chronicles 9:40

      The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.

    • 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.

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About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 19 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Dialogues; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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