The Meaning of 2 Samuel 9:2 Explained

2 Samuel 9:2

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.

YLT: And the house of Saul hath a servant, and his name is Ziba, and they call for him unto David; and the king saith unto him, 'Art thou Ziba?' and he saith, 'Thy servant.'

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

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.

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 9:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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].

What does 2 Samuel 9:2 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 9:1-13 - Kindness For Jonathan's Sake

This poor cripple at Lodebar never supposed that David would show him favor. Did he not belong to the rejected house of Saul? What could he expect from one whom his grandfather had hunted like a partridge on the mountains? Besides, his lameness made him unfit for court-life. We, like him, are the children of an apostate race; we have neither beauty nor worth to commend us. We may class together those two sentences: "What is thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am?" and, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord," 2 Samuel 9:8 and Luke 5:8.

But Mephibosheth had been included in a covenant. He might be unaware of it, but David could not forget, 1 Samuel 20:14-16. For the sake of the beloved Jonathan, David treated his son as a blood-relation. Nothing in the course of events could alter the sacred word that David had sworn to his departed friend. Our own case is similar. We were chosen in Christ before the world began, predestined to be sons, included in the covenant between the Father and our Surety. Let us join with Paul in Ephesians 1:3. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 9

¹ David by Ziba sends for Mephibosheth
⁷ For Jonathan's sake he restores to him all that was Saul's
⁹ He makes Ziba his farmer

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 9:2 mean?

and of the house of Saul [there was] a servant and whose name [was] Ziba So when they had called him to David and said the king to him [Are] you Ziba and he said at your service

וּלְבֵ֨ית שָׁא֥וּל עֶ֙בֶד֙ וּשְׁמ֣וֹ צִיבָ֔א וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ ל֖וֹ אֶל־ דָּוִ֑ד וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ אֵלָ֛יו הַאַתָּ֥ה ؟ צִיבָ֖א וַיֹּ֥אמֶר עַבְדֶּֽךָ

וּלְבֵ֨ית	and of the house
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
שָׁא֥וּל	of Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
עֶ֙בֶד֙	[there was] a servant
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עֶבֶד Sense: slave, servant.
וּשְׁמ֣וֹ	and whose name [was]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: שֵׁם Sense: name.
צִיבָ֔א	Ziba
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: צִיבָא Sense: a servant of Saul whom David made steward of Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth.
וַיִּקְרְאוּ־	So when they had called
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: קָרָא Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
דָּוִ֑ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	and said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ	the king
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
אֵלָ֛יו	to him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַאַתָּ֥ה	[Are] you
Parse: Article, Pronoun, second person masculine singular Root: אַתְּ Sense: you (second pers.
؟ צִיבָ֖א	Ziba
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: צִיבָא Sense: a servant of Saul whom David made steward of Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	and he said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
עַבְדֶּֽךָ	at your service
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: עֶבֶד Sense: slave, servant.

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