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.
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Interpretation
Amidst numerous affairs we are apt to forget the gratitude we owe, and the engagements we are under, not only to our friends, but to God himself. Yet persons of real godliness will have no rest till they have discharged them.
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This thought runs through 2 Samuel 9:1-4.
Glossary
- Ziba Person
- Post; statue, “a servant of the house of Saul” ( 2 Sam. 9:2 ), who informed David that Mephibosheth, a son of Jonathan, was alive.
- Ammiel Person
- People of God. (1. ) One of the twelve spies sent by Moses to search the land of Canaan ( Num. 13:12 ). He was one of the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavourable report ( Num. 14:37 ).
- Lo-debar Place
- No pasture, ( 2 Sam. 17:27 ), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5). It is probably identical with Debir ( Josh. 13:26 ). Modern identification: Tel Dover.