2 Samuel 9:4

4 Perguntou-lhe o rei: Onde está. Respondeu Ziba ao rei: Está em casa de Maquir, filho de Amiel, em Lo-Debar.

2 Samuel 9:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 9:4

And the king said unto him, where is he?
&c.] In what part of the land, city, or town, does he dwell?

and Ziba said unto the king, behold, he [is] in the house of Machir,
the son of Ammiel;
a descendant of Machir, the son of Manasseh, to whom the land of Gilead was given, which lay on the other side Jordan:

in Lodebar;
a place in that country, perhaps the same with Debir in ( Joshua 13:26 ) . Here it may be his mother's relations lived, and here he might dwell in obscurity, and lie hid from the knowledge of David; who, it might be feared by his friends, would have dispatched him, had he known where he was. Some take it to be an appellative, and render it, as Abarbinel observes, "without anything"; as if he was so poor that he had not anything to support himself with. No mention as yet is made of his name, perhaps because the historian had given it before, ( 2 Samuel 4:4 ) .

2 Samuel 9:4 In-Context

2 E havia um servo da casa de Saul, cujo nome era Ziba; e o chamaram � presença de Davi. perguntou-lhe o rei: Tu és Ziba? Respondeu ele: Teu servo!

3 Prosseguiu o rei: Não há ainda alguém da casa de Saul para que eu possa usar com ele da benevolência de Deus? Então disse Ziba ao rei: Ainda há um filho de Jônatas, aleijado dos pés.

4 Perguntou-lhe o rei: Onde está. Respondeu Ziba ao rei: Está em casa de Maquir, filho de Amiel, em Lo-Debar.

5 Então mandou o rei Davi, e o tomou da casa de Maquir, filho de Amiel, em Lo-Debar.

6 E Mefibosete, filho de Jônatas, filho de Saul, veio a Davi e, prostrando-se com o rosto em terra, lhe fez reverência. E disse Davi: Mefibosete! Respondeu ele: Eis aqui teu servo.