2 Samuele 9:7

7 E Davide gli disse: Non temere; perciocchè io del tutto userò inverso te benignità, per amor di Gionatan, tuo padre, e ti restituirò tutte le possessioni di Saulle, tuo padre; e, quant’è a te, tu mangerai del continuo alla mia tavola.

2 Samuele 9:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 9:7

And David said unto him, fear not
He might observe a dejection in his countenance, a trembling in his limbs, and might discover signs of fear lest David should cut him off, because he was of the seed royal:

for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake;
whom he loved as his own soul, and to whom he had sworn that he would not cut off his kindness from his house for ever, and now remembering his oath was determined to observe it:

and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father;
his grandfather, such sometimes being called fathers; which David had taken to him, as crown lands, or in the right of his wife; or as being confiscated by Ishbosheth's rebellion:

and thou shall eat bread at my table continually;
he gave him an apartment in the court, a place at his table, admitted him to be a guest with him as long as he should live; which was a very great favour and high honour, and showed what an unshaken friendship he had for his father, and would maintain with him. This was the kindness of God he meant to show to him.

2 Samuele 9:7 In-Context

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

6 E quando Mefiboset, figliuolo di Saulle, fu venuto a Davide, si gittò in terra sopra la sua faccia, e si prosternò. E Davide disse: Mefiboset. Ed egli disse: Ecco il tuo servitore.

7 E Davide gli disse: Non temere; perciocchè io del tutto userò inverso te benignità, per amor di Gionatan, tuo padre, e ti restituirò tutte le possessioni di Saulle, tuo padre; e, quant’è a te, tu mangerai del continuo alla mia tavola.

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.