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servant_n and_o purveyor_n of_o all_o those_o good_n which_o david_n have_v give_v he_o 5._o 2_o sam._n 16._o 1_o ad_fw-la 5._o for_o he_o be_v jonathans_n son_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o saul_n this_o man_n drive_v before_o he_o two_o ass_n load_v with_o victual_n which_o he_o present_v to_o david_n and_o his_o company_n riches_n siba_n accuse_v his_o master_n wrongful_o be_v make_v owner_n of_o his_o riches_n to_o refresh_v themselves_o and_o be_v demand_v where_o he_o have_v leave_v mephibosheth_n in_o jerusalem_n say_v he_o where_o he_o expect_v to_o be_v choose_v king_n through_o the_o occasion_n of_o those_o trouble_n that_o have_v happen_v and_o in_o memory_n of_o the_o benefit_n that_o divers_a man_n have_v b_o b_o receive_v at_o saul_n hand_n david_n displease_v with_o this_o false_a report_n give_v siba_n all_o those_o riches_n which_o he_o have_v confer_v upon_o mephibosheth_n in_o time_n past_a judge_v he_o more_o worthy_a of_o the_o same_o than_o mephibosheth_n 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