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And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. 4. 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 Lo-debar. 5.
"I have said 'Corban," answered Ammiel, lifting his face, still shadowed by that strange smile, "but it was not the Lord who heard my vow." "Tell us what you have done," said the old man sternly, "for we will neither judge you, nor shelter you, unless we hear your story." "There is nothing in it," replied Ammiel indifferently. "It is an old story. But if you are curious you shall hear it.
The sad shepherd saluted him and told his name. "I am Joseph the carpenter of Nazareth," replied the man. "Have you also seen the angels of whom your brother shepherds came to tell us?" "I have seen no angels," answered Ammiel, "nor have I any brothers among the shepherds. But I would fain see what they have seen." "It is our first-born son," said Joseph, "and the Most High has sent him to us.
Blessed be the house that holds them." "You are strangely clad for a shepherd," said Joseph. "Where do you come from?" "From a far country," replied Ammiel; "from a country that you have never visited." "Where are you going now?" asked Joseph. "I am going home," answered Ammiel, "to my mother's and my father's house in Galilee." "Go in peace, friend," said Joseph.
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar., 6. Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! 7. And David said unto him.
The child was asleep, but the young mother was waking, for she had taken him from the manger into her lap, where her maiden veil of white was spread to receive him. And she was singing very softly as she bent over him in wonder and content. Ammiel saluted her and kneeled down to look at the child. He saw nothing different from other young children.
Blessed be the house that holds them." "You are strangely clad for a shepherd," said Joseph. "Where do you come from?" "From a far country," replied Ammiel; "from a country that you have never visited." "Where are you going now?" asked Joseph. "I am going home," answered Ammiel, "to my mother's and my father's house in Galilee." "Go in peace, friend," said Joseph.
And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. 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.
"I have said 'Corban," answered Ammiel, lifting his face, still shadowed by that strange smile, "but it was not the Lord who heard my vow." "Tell us what you have done," said the old man sternly, "for we will neither judge you, nor shelter you, unless we hear your story." "There is nothing in it," replied Ammiel indifferently. "It is an old story. But if you are curious you shall hear it.
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