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2 Samuel 9 7
“ Don’t be afraid,” David said to him,“ 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.” (niv)
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2 Samuel 17 27-2 Samuel 17 29
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelimbrought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said,“ The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.” (niv)
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2 Samuel 9 10
You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your master’s grandson may be provided for. And Mephibosheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table.”( Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.) (niv)
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2 Samuel 15 13-2 Samuel 15 15
A messenger came and told David,“ The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem,“ Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.”The king’s officials answered him,“ Your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king chooses.” (niv)
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Revelation 3:20-21
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. (niv)
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Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away. (niv)
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2 Samuel 19 31-2 Samuel 19 40
Barzillai the Gileadite also came down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and to send him on his way from there.Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.The king said to Barzillai,“ Cross over with me and stay with me in Jerusalem, and I will provide for you.”But Barzillai answered the king,“ How many more years will I live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is enjoyable and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?Your servant will cross over the Jordan with the king for a short distance, but why should the king reward me in this way?Let your servant return, that I may die in my own town near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever you wish.”The king said,“ Kimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever you wish. And anything you desire from me I will do for you.”So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and bid him farewell, and Barzillai returned to his home.When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham crossed with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel had taken the king over. (niv)
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Luke 12:37
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. (niv)
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Luke 22:28-30
You are those who have stood by me in my trials.And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me,so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (niv)
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2 Samuel 19 28
All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?” (niv)