2 Samuel 9:2 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 9:2

And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

KJV

And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul--On inquiry, Saul's land steward was found, who gave information that there still survived Mephibosheth, a son of Jonathan who was five years old at his father's death, and whom David, then wandering in exile, had never seen.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְבֵ֨ית	u.le.Veit	and [belonged] to [the] house of	H1004 →
שָׁא֥וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
עֶ֙בֶד֙	'e.ved	a servant	H5650 →
וּשְׁמ֣וֹ	u.she.Mo	and name his	H8034 →
צִיבָ֔א	tzi.Va'	[was] Ziba	H6717 →
וַיִּקְרְאוּ־	vai.yik.re.'u-	and people summoned	H7121 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	<to> <the> him
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
דָּוִ֑ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֵלָ֛יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
הַאַתָּ֥ה	ha.'a.Tah	¿ [are] you	H859 →
צִיבָ֖א	tzi.Va'	Ziba	H6717 →
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃	'av.De.kha	servant your	H5650 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H6717tziva'[was] Ziba16×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 39:6
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
leads to
- Genesis 29:17
  Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
- 1 Samuel 16:12
  So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
- Luke 19:17
  His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
- Proverbs 31:11
  The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.
- Luke 16:10
  Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Through
2 Samuel 19:17
along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
leads to
- 2 Samuel 16:1–4
  When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a…
- 2 Samuel 19:26–27
  “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…
- 2 Samuel 9:10
  You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is…