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2 Samuele 9:10

Listen to 2 Samuele 9:10
10 Tu adunque, co’ tuoi figliuoli e servitori, lavoragli la terra, e ricogline la rendita; acciocchè il figliuolo del tuo signore abbia di che sostentarsi; ma, quant’è a Mefiboset, figliuolo del tuo signore, egli mangerà del continuo alla mia tavola. Or Siba avea quindici figliuoli e venti servitori.

2 Samuele 9:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 9:10

Thou therefore, thy sons, and thy servants
Which were many, and whose numbers are after given:

shall till the land for him;
manure it, plough it, sow it, and reap it:

and thou shall bring in [the fruits];
the corn, and oil, and wine, the land produces:

that thy master's son may have food to eat;
meaning either Micha, the son of Mephibosheth, since Mephibosheth seems to be distinguished from him, and opposed to him in the next clause: and who would stand in no need of food from any other quarter, being a guest at the king's table continually; or else Mephibosheth, who by this means would have a sufficiency for his son and servants, and in which Ziba's family and servants would have a share:

but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat always at my table;
wherefore the land was to be tilled not for him personally, but for his family, and for what uses he should think fit to put the produce of it to:

now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants:
who were enough to cultivate a considerable quantity of land.

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2 Samuele 9:10 In-Context

8 E Mefiboset s’inchinò, e disse: Che cosa è il tuo servitore, che tu abbia riguardato ad un can morto, qual sono io?
9 Poi il re chiamò Siba, servitore di Saulle, e gli disse: Io ho donato al figliuolo del tuo signore tutto quello che apparteneva a Saulle, ed a tutta la sua casa.
10 Tu adunque, co’ tuoi figliuoli e servitori, lavoragli la terra, e ricogline la rendita; acciocchè il figliuolo del tuo signore abbia di che sostentarsi; ma, quant’è a Mefiboset, figliuolo del tuo signore, egli mangerà del continuo alla mia tavola. Or Siba avea quindici figliuoli e venti servitori.
11 E Siba disse al re: Il tuo servitore farà secondo tutto quello che il re, mio signore, ha comandato al suo servitore. Ma, quant’è a Mefiboset, disse il re, egli mangerà alla mia tavola, come uno de’ figliuoli del re.
12 Or Mefiboset avea un figliuolo piccolo, il cui nome era Mica; e tutti quelli che stavano in casa di Siba erano servitori di Mefiboset.
The Giovanni Diodati Bible is in the public domain.

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