2 Samuel 9:7

7 —No temas, pues en memoria de tu padre Jonatán he decidido beneficiarte. Voy a devolverte todas las tierras que pertenecían a tu abuelo Saúl, y de ahora en adelante te sentarás a mi mesa.

2 Samuel 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 Samuel 9:7 In-Context

5 Entonces el rey David mandó a buscarlo a casa de Maquir hijo de Amiel, en Lo Debar.

6 Cuando Mefiboset, que era hijo de Jonatán y nieto de Saúl, estuvo en presencia de David, se inclinó ante él rostro en tierra.—¿Tú eres Mefiboset? —le preguntó David.—A las órdenes de Su Majestad —respondió.

7 —No temas, pues en memoria de tu padre Jonatán he decidido beneficiarte. Voy a devolverte todas las tierras que pertenecían a tu abuelo Saúl, y de ahora en adelante te sentarás a mi mesa.

8 Mefiboset se inclinó y dijo:—¿Y quién es este siervo suyo, para que Su Majestad se fije en él? ¡Si no valgo más que un perro muerto!

9 Pero David llamó a Siba, el administrador de Saúl, y le dijo:—Todo lo que pertenecía a tu amo Saúl y a su familia se lo entrego a su nieto Mefiboset.