II Samuel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 321
The History of the People of Israel
heard that David had defeated all the forces of Hadadazer, Thai sent his son joram to King David to ask for peace from him, and to congratulate him upon the way he had fought Hadadazer, and defeated him,-for Thai had been a general of Hada— dazer~——and he brought with him articles of silver, and gold, and brass. These also King David brought to the EVER-LIVING, with the silver and gold which he took from all the nations whom he subdued ;——from Aram, and from Moab, and from the Beni-Amon, and from the Philishtim, and from Amalek, and from the booty of Hadadazer—ben-Rekhab, king of the Delta of Zobah. David also acquired fame on his turning the Hank upon defeating the eighteen thousand of Aram at the river’s mouth by the sea. He placed garrisons in the whole of Edom, and all Edom was subdued to David. Thus the EvER—L1v1NG pro- tected David wherever he went, for David reigned over all Israel, and David administered justice and right to all his People. ]’oab—ben-Zeruiah was over his
army,an.d jehoshafat-ben-Akhilud was Chancellor, and Zadok-ben—Ahkitub and Ahima1ek—ben·Abiathar priests, and Sariah secretary, and Beniah— ben-]’hoida commanded the Guards and light infantry, and the sons of David became priests. .c. ro4o.) Qahih enquires fur am; iiefugeez uf §¤1xl’z 3mni1g. Who is there yet of the family of Saul re- maining? and I will show him kind- ness, on account of ]onathan.’ 2 And Saul had in his family a servant whose name was Ziba, so they invited him to David, when the king asked And he Your servant.’ 1 That is, at the mouth of the Euphrates,
where it enters the Gulf of Persia. This short assage shows David's Empire to have gexten ed much farther east than usually supposed.—F. F. SAMUEL.-II. SAM. 10—1 Is there
yet remaining anyone of the family of Saul, and I will show him kindness for GOD’s sake ? ’ And Ziba replied to the king,
‘There is still a son of jonathan, lame in his feet.' Where He is in the house of Makri-ben-Amial, the tax—collector.’ King David therefore sent and took
him from the house of Makri-ben- Amial, the tax-collector, and he brought Mefibosheth·ben-jonathan, the son of Saul, to David, and he inclined his face, and bowed to him. Menbosheth! You see your Fear
nothing, for I will show you kindness on account of your father jonathan, and I will assign to you all the estate of Saul your ancestor, and you shall eat bread always at my table} But he bowed to him, and replied,
‘ Why should you regard such a dead dog’s head as I am Then the king called to Ziba, the
attendant of Saul, and said to him, ‘All that belonged to Saul and to all his family I have given to the son of your Prince. So you and your sons can attend to the property for him, and cultivate the estate for him, and provide the son of your Prince with a maintenance. But Mefibosheth, the son of your prince, shall always be supplied with food at my table; and for Ziba there shall be fifteen attendants and ten servants.’ Your
servant will do all exactly as my Lord, the king, has ordered to his servant, and I will maintain Men- bosheth at my table like one of the sons of the king} Menbosheth also had a young son,
whose name was Mika, who always lived in the houseof Ziba, the steward I0 II I2
of Mefibosheth. Mefibosheth, how- 13 ever, resided in jerusalem, for he was always at the table of the king, and he was lame in both his feet. (ac. roy;.) @ahiU zenhz an fhnthussg in the ‘§eni·§mnn. lt was after these events that the 10 king of the Beni—Amon died, and Khanon his son reigned in his stead. 32;
