The Meaning of 2 Samuel 9:4 Explained

2 Samuel 9:4

KJV: And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.

YLT: And the king saith to him, 'Where is he?' and Ziba saith unto the king, 'Lo, he is in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, in Lo-Debar.'

Darby: And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.

ASV: And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Samuel 9:4?

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 9:4?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the king said unto him, Where [is] he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he [is] in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.

What does 2 Samuel 9:4 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 9:1-13 - Kindness For Jonathan's Sake

This poor cripple at Lodebar never supposed that David would show him favor. Did he not belong to the rejected house of Saul? What could he expect from one whom his grandfather had hunted like a partridge on the mountains? Besides, his lameness made him unfit for court-life. We, like him, are the children of an apostate race; we have neither beauty nor worth to commend us. We may class together those two sentences: "What is thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am?" and, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord," 2 Samuel 9:8 and Luke 5:8.

But Mephibosheth had been included in a covenant. He might be unaware of it, but David could not forget, 1 Samuel 20:14-16. For the sake of the beloved Jonathan, David treated his son as a blood-relation. Nothing in the course of events could alter the sacred word that David had sworn to his departed friend. Our own case is similar. We were chosen in Christ before the world began, predestined to be sons, included in the covenant between the Father and our Surety. Let us join with Paul in Ephesians 1:3. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 9

¹ David by Ziba sends for Mephibosheth
⁷ For Jonathan's sake he restores to him all that was Saul's
⁹ He makes Ziba his farmer

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 9:4 mean?

So said to him the king where [is] he and said Ziba to the king indeed he [is] in the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar

וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ ל֥וֹ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֵיפֹ֣ה ؟ ה֑וּא וַיֹּ֤אמֶר צִיבָא֙ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הִנֵּה־ ה֗וּא בֵּ֛ית מָכִ֥יר בֶּן־ עַמִּיאֵ֖ל בְּל֥וֹ דְבָֽר

וַיֹּֽאמֶר־	So said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
ל֥וֹ	to him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	the king
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
אֵיפֹ֣ה	where [is]
Parse: Interrogative Root: אֵיפֹה Sense: where?.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	and said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
צִיבָא֙	Ziba
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: צִיבָא Sense: a servant of Saul whom David made steward of Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	the king
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
הִנֵּה־	indeed
Parse: Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
ה֗וּא	he [is]
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
בֵּ֛ית	in the house
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
מָכִ֥יר	of Machir
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מָכִיר Sense: eldest son of Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine and progenitor of a large family.
בֶּן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַמִּיאֵ֖ל	of Ammiel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עַמִּיאֵל Sense: the spy from the tribe of Dan who perished in the plague for his evil report.
דְבָֽר	Lo Debar
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: לֹא דָבָר Sense: a town in Manasseh in Gilead east of the Jordan.

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