2 Samuel 19:26-27
19:26 He replied, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I
said, ‘Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,’ for I
am lame.
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.
2 Samuel 9:2
9:2 Now there was a servant from Saul’s house named Ziba, so he was summoned to David. The king asked him, “Are you Ziba?” He replied, “At your service.”
2 Samuel 9:10
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.)
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.”