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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Samuel 16:1–4, “And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.”
As David was feeling from Jerusalem Ziba, who was Saul’s servant saw an opportunity to do something for himself. He came to the king and told him that Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son, was hoping to use this episode as an opportunity to restore the kingdom to Saul’s family, namely himself. Ziba was happy to the king’s servant but, once Saul was dead, there was no honour in serving the crippled grandson of a former king. Ziba was hoping to take advantage of the fact the Mephibosheth was disabled and unable to defend himself. David had many things on his mind and trusted that Ziba was an honourable man but Ziba wasn’t.
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