2 Samuel 9:2
in 2 Samuel 9And 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 2 Samuel 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
This site's exposition
shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake
on 2 Samuel 9:1-2
David's question opens the covenant he swore to Jonathan at 1 Samuel 20:14-15, an oath he has kept in memory through years on the throne. He does not ask for Jonathan's house by name, since he does not yet know a son survived, and Wesley reads the silence as honest ignorance rather than neglect. Ziba surfaces first as Saul's own servant, the man who will carry the story to Lo-debar and back.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba,....
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְבֵ֨ית | uleveit | and [belonged] to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| שָׁא֥וּל | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| עֶ֙בֶד֙ | ʾeved | a servant | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וּשְׁמ֣וֹ | ushemo | and name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| צִיבָ֔א | tziva' | [was] Ziba | H6717 → | 16 times |
| וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ | vaiyikreu- | and people summoned | H7121 → | 733 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | <to> <the> him | ||
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| דָּוִ֑ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֵלָ֛יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַאַתָּ֥ה | haatah | ¿ [are] you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| צִיבָ֖א | tziva' | Ziba | H6717 → | 16 times |
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ | ʾavdekha | servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
וּלְבֵ֨יתand [belonged] to [the] house of
uleveitH1004 →2046 times
שָׁא֥וּלSaul
shaulH7586 →402 times
עֶ֙בֶד֙a servant
ʾevedH5650 →799 times
וּשְׁמ֣וֹand name his
ushemoH8034 →864 times
צִיבָ֔א[was] Ziba
tziva'H6717 →16 times
וַיִּקְרְאוּ־and people summoned
vaiyikreu-H7121 →733 times
ל֖וֹ<to> <the> him
lo
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
דָּוִ֑דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אֵלָ֛יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
הַאַתָּ֥ה¿ [are] you
haatahH859 →1094 times
צִיבָ֖אZiba
tziva'H6717 →16 times
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃servant your
ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Genesis 39:6So 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,
it 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.
- Genesis 29:17
Through
2 Samuel 19:17along 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
it 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…
- 2 Samuel 16:1–4
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.