2 Samuel 9:2

2 Então chamaram Ziba, um dos servos de Saul, para apresentar-se a Davi, e o rei lhe perguntou: “Você é Ziba?”“Sou teu servo”, respondeu ele.

2 Samuel 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 Samuel 9:2 In-Context

1 Certa ocasião Davi perguntou: “Resta ainda alguém da família de Saul a quem eu possa mostrar lealdade, por causa de minha amizade com Jônatas?”

2 Então chamaram Ziba, um dos servos de Saul, para apresentar-se a Davi, e o rei lhe perguntou: “Você é Ziba?”“Sou teu servo”, respondeu ele.

3 Perguntou-lhe Davi: “Resta ainda alguém da família de Saul a quem eu possa mostrar a lealdade de Deus?”Respondeu Ziba: “Ainda há um filho de Jônatas, aleijado dos pés”.

4 “Onde está ele?”, perguntou o rei.Ziba respondeu: “Na casa de Maquir, filho de Amiel, em Lo-Debar”.

5 Então o rei Davi mandou trazê-lo de Lo-Debar.