2 Samuel 9:7

9:7 David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. You will be a regular guest at my table.” ¹ 

2 Samuel 9:10

9:10 You will cultivate ²  the land for him – you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce ³  and it will be ⁴  food for your master’s grandson to eat. ⁵  But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will be a regular guest at my table.” (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

2 Samuel 19:28

19:28 After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather ⁶  who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! ⁷  What further claim do I have to ask ⁸  the king for anything?”

[9:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and you will eat food over my table continually.”

[9:10]  ² tn Heb “work.”

[9:10]  ³ tn The Hebrew text implies, but does not actually contain, the words “its produce” here.

[9:10]  ⁴ tc The words “it will be,” though present in the MT, are absent from the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate.

[9:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he will eat it.”

[19:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “father.”

[19:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “and you placed your servant among those who eat at your table.”

[19:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “to cry out to.”