^21 (A)Therefore swear now to me by the Lord ^(B)that you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not destroy my name from my father’s house.”

David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth

9 Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may ^(A)show him ^[a]kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

³ Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show ^(A)the kindness of God?”

And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is ^(B)lame in his feet.”

⁷ So David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.”

⁷ But the king spared ^(A)Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of ^(B)the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.