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2 Samuel 9:8

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He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”

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2 Samuel 9:8 in other translations

And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

2 Samuel 9:8 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 9:8 in context

  1. 6Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and showed respect. David said, “Mephibosheth.”
    He answered, “Behold, your servant!”
  2. 7David said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You will eat bread at my table continually.”
  3. 8He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”
  4. 9Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s son.
  5. 10Till the land for him, you, your sons, and your servants. Bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth your master’s son will always eat bread at my table.”
    Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.