The king asked, "Is there no one still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?" Ziba answered the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet." When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, "Mephibosheth! Don't be afraid, for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table." Then Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do whatever my lord the king demands his servant to do." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table, like one of the king's sons. And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king's table, and he was crippled in both feet. - 2 Samuel 9: 3, 6, 7, 11, 13