Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now there was of the house of Saul, a servant named Siba: and when the king had called him to him, he said to him: Art thou Siba? And he answered: I am Siba thy servant. a servant Genesis 15:2,3 And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer. . . . Genesis 24:2 And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh, Genesis 39:6 Neither knew he any other thing, but the bread which he ate. And Joseph was of a beautiful countenance, and comely to behold. was Ziba 2 Samuel 16:1-4 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold Siba the servant of Miphiboseth came to meet him with two asses, laden with two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs, and a vessel of wine. . . . 2 Samuel 19:17,27-29 With a thousand men of Benjamin, and Siba the servant of the house of Saul: and his fifteen sons, and twenty servants were with him: and going over the Jordan, . . . Context David and Mephibosheth1And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake? 2Now there was of the house of Saul, a servant named Siba: and when the king had called him to him, he said to him: Art thou Siba? And he answered: I am Siba thy servant.3And the king said: Is there any one left of the house of Saul, that I may shew the mercy of God unto Him? And Siba said to the king: There is a son of Jonathan left, who is lame of his feet.… Cross References 2 Samuel 16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold Siba the servant of Miphiboseth came to meet him with two asses, laden with two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs, and a vessel of wine. 2 Samuel 19:17 With a thousand men of Benjamin, and Siba the servant of the house of Saul: and his fifteen sons, and twenty servants were with him: and going over the Jordan, 2 Samuel 19:29 Then the king said to him: Why speakest thou any more? what I have said is determined: thou and Siba divide the possessions. Lexicon And there was a servantעֶ֙בֶד֙ (‘e·ḇeḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant of Saul’s שָׁא֥וּל (šā·’ūl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites family וּלְבֵ֨ית (ū·lə·ḇêṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house named וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (ū·šə·mōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name Ziba. צִיבָ֔א (ṣî·ḇā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6717: Ziba -- a servant in Saul's house They summoned וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ (way·yiq·rə·’ū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read him ל֖וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to David, דָּוִ֑ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse and the king הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king inquired, וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “Are you הַאַתָּ֥ה (ha·’at·tāh) Article | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you Ziba?” צִיבָ֖א (ṣî·ḇā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6717: Ziba -- a servant in Saul's house “I am your servant,” עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ (‘aḇ·de·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant he replied. וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say Additional Translations And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him to David, the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, Your servant is he. And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. And there was a servant of the house of Saul, and his name was Siba: and they call him to David; and the king said to him, Art thou Siba? and he said, I am thy servant. And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba; and they called him to David. And the king said to him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant! And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him to David, the king said to him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" He said, "Your servant is he." And the house of Saul hath a servant, and his name is Ziba, and they call for him unto David; and the king saith unto him, 'Art thou Ziba?' and he saith, 'Thy servant.' 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