Verse 4
4. Then said the king to Ziba David’s mind was excited, and unprepared to weigh the words of this slave. It was very unlikely that Mephibosheth would entertain the hope of attaining the kingdom of his grandfather Saul, for the adherents of Absalom could not think of preferring before him the crippled son of the half-forgotten Jonathan. But after he heard that his own former familiar friend Ahithophel had turned against him, he knew not how far the conspiracy might extend.
And Ziba said The cunning slave acknowledged the king’s favour with words characteristic of eastern sycophancy and politeness.
I humbly beseech thee Literally, I have bowed myself; I shall find favour in thy eyes. He was in an ecstasy of joy over his good fortune.
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