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Legacy Standard Bible

2 Samuel 9:5

Then King David sent and took him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ammiel;   Friendship;   Kindness;   Lo-Debar;   Machir;   Mephibosheth;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Mephibosheth;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Machir;   Mephibosheth;   Ziba;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ammiel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lodebar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Debir;   Lo-Debar;   Machir;   Samuel, Books of;   Ziba;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Lo-Debar;   Machir;   Samuel, Books of;   Ziba;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ammiel ;   Lodebar ;   Machir ;   Mephibosheth ;   Ziba ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Machir;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonathan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Lo-De'bar;   Ma'chir;   Zi'ba;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ammiel;   Machir;   Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.
Hebrew Names Version
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Makhir the son of `Ammi'el, from Lo-Devar.
King James Version
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
Lexham English Bible
So King David sent and brought him from the house of Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar.
English Standard Version
Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.
New Century Version
Then King David had servants bring Jonathan's son from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.
New English Translation
So King David had him brought from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.
Amplified Bible
Then King David sent word and had him brought from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
New American Standard Bible
Then King David sent messengers who brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then King Dauid sent, and tooke him out of the house of Machir the sonne of Ammiel of Lo-debar.
Contemporary English Version
David sent some servants to bring Jonathan's son from Lo-Debar. His name was Mephibosheth, and he was the grandson of Saul. He came to David and knelt down. David asked, "Are you Mephibosheth?" "Yes, I am, Your Majesty."
Complete Jewish Bible
King David sent and took him from the house of Makhir the son of ‘Ammi'el in Lo-D'var.
Darby Translation
And king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then King David sent some of his officers to Lo Debar to bring Jonathan's son from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.
George Lamsa Translation
Then King David sent and took him from the house of Machir, the son of Gammir, from Lo-debar.
Good News Translation
So King David sent for him.
Literal Translation
And King David sent and took him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, of Lo-debar.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sent kynge Dauid thither, & caused for to fetch him from Lodaber out of ye house of Machir the sonne of Ammuel.
American Standard Version
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
Bible in Basic English
Then King David sent, and had him taken from Lo-debar, from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then king Dauid sent, & fet him out of the house of Machir the sonne of Amiel of Lodeber.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
King James Version (1611)
Then king Dauid sent, and fet him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And king David went, and took him out of the house of Machir the son Amiel of Lodabar.
English Revised Version
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo–debar.
Berean Standard Bible
So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor `Dauid the kyng sente, and took hym fro the hows of Machir, sone of Amyel, fro Lodobar.
Young's Literal Translation
And king David sendeth, and taketh him out of the house of Machir son of Ammiel, of Lo-Debar,
Update Bible Version
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then king David sent, and brought him from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
World English Bible
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Look-debar.
New King James Version
Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
New Living Translation
So David sent for him and brought him from Makir's home.
New Life Bible
Then King David sent men to bring him from the family of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
New Revised Standard
Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then sent King David, - and fetched him out of the house of Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then King David sent, and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodabar.
Revised Standard Version
Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Am'miel, at Lo-debar.
THE MESSAGE
King David didn't lose a minute. He sent and got him from the home of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

Contextual Overview

1Then David said, "Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him lovingkindness for Jonathan's sake?" 2Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant." 3And the king said, "Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the lovingkindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet." 4So 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 Lo-debar." 5Then King David sent and took him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 6So Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David said, "Mephibosheth." And he said, "Here is your servant!" 7And David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show lovingkindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table continually." 8So he prostrated himself and said, "What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Joshua 13:26 - Debir

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:9
"As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your seed after you;
Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:28
And Noah lived 350 years after the flood.
Genesis 9:29
So all the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.
Exodus 20:13
"You shall not murder.
Exodus 21:12
"He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand against the life of your neighbor; I am Yahweh.
Psalms 9:12
For He who requires blood remembers them;He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Matthew 23:35
so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then King David sent,.... Messengers; it may be Ziba, none being more proper than he that knew him, and where he was:

and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar; they demanded him in the king's name, and being delivered to them, they brought him from thence to Jerusalem.


 
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