2 Samuel 9:9-10

9:9 Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s attendant, and said to him, “Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master’s grandson. 9:10 You will cultivate the land for him – you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce and it will be food for your master’s grandson to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will be a regular guest at my table.” (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

Psalms 88:18

88:18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance;

those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

Micah 7:5

7:5 Do not rely on a friend;

do not trust a companion!

Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!


tn Heb “work.”

tn The Hebrew text implies, but does not actually contain, the words “its produce” here.

tc The words “it will be,” though present in the MT, are absent from the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate.

tn Heb “and he will eat it.”

tn Heb “you cause to be far from me friend and neighbor.”

tn Heb “those known by me, darkness.”

tn Heb “from the one who lies in your arms, guard the doors of your mouth.”