2 Samuel 19:26

honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal. Merib Baal became the father of Micah.

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

David 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.”

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Yahweh’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal. Merib Baal became the father of Micah.

“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.

So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

Mephibosheth, 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!”

Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at the king’s table, like one of the king’s sons.

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their offspring after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.

Then one of the people answered, and said, “Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ ” So the people were faint.

You shall not only show me the loving kindness of Yahweh while I still live, that I not die;

Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.

Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

The king said, “Is there not yet any of Saul’s house, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “Jonathan still has a son, who is lame in his feet.”

So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king’s table. He was lame in both his feet.

After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.

All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me.”

The king said to Ziba, “What do you mean by these?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that those who are faint in the wilderness may drink.”

There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Saul’s house, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.

The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.”

Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt, when Hadad was still a little child.

He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it.

He said to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me,” and they saddled it.

Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, “Drive, and go forward! Don’t slow down for me, unless I ask you to.”

“When the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’

“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

“Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”