2 Samuele 9:2

2 Ora, nella casa di Saulle vi era un servitore, il cui nome era Siba, il qual fu chiamato a Davide. E il re gli disse: Sei tu Siba? Ed egli disse: Tuo servitore.

2 Samuele 9:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 9:2

And [there was] of the house of Saul a servant whose name [was]
Ziba
Or there was a servant that belonged to Saul's family; not that any of Saul's family was a servant; and this servant the Jews commonly say was a Canaanitish servant, and who upon the death of his master was not made free, but became the inheritance and possession of his children after him, ( Leviticus 25:46 ) ; though Josephus ^F14 says he was made free by Saul:

and when they had called him unto David;
who it seems was now at court, or in Jerusalem, on some account or another; or was in David's service, in some inferior post or another; however, having been a quondam servant of Saul, it was thought he could give the best intelligence of his family, and whether any were living, and therefore was sent for; and when he was come into the king's presence,

the king said unto him, [art] thou Ziba?
for he had been told before by some of his courtiers what his name was:

and he said, thy servant [is he];
or my name is Ziba, and I am at thy command.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 5.) sect. 5.

2 Samuele 9:2 In-Context

1 E DAVIDE disse: Evvi più alcuno che sia rimasto della casa di Saulle, acciocchè io usi benignità inverso lui per amor di Gionatan?

2 Ora, nella casa di Saulle vi era un servitore, il cui nome era Siba, il qual fu chiamato a Davide. E il re gli disse: Sei tu Siba? Ed egli disse: Tuo servitore.

3 E il re disse: Non vi è egli più alcuno della casa di Saulle, ed io userò inverso lui la benignità di Dio? E Siba disse al re: Vi è ancora un figliuolo di Gionatan, ch’è storpiato de’ piedi.

4 E il re gli disse: Dove è egli? E Siba disse al re: Ecco, egli è in casa di Machir, figliuolo di Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

5 E il re Davide mandò a prenderlo dalla casa di Machir, figliuolo di Ammiel, da Lo-debar.