2 Samuel 16:1-4
David Receives Gifts from Ziba
16:1 When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, and a container of wine.
16:2 The king asked Ziba, “Why did you bring these things?” Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride on, the loaves of bread and the summer fruit are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the desert.”
16:3 The king asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?” Ziba replied to the king, “He remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather’s kingdom.’”
16:4 The king said to Ziba, “Everything that was Mephibosheth’s now belongs to you.” Ziba replied, “I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”
2 Samuel 19:17
19:17 There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant
of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed
the Jordan within sight of the king.
2 Samuel 19:27-29
19:27 But my servant
has slandered me
to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.
19:28 After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather
who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table!
What further claim do I have to ask
the king for anything?”
19:29 Then the king replied to him, “Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together.”