2 Kings 16:3
And the king said: Where is thy master's son? And Siba answered the king: He remained in Jerusalem, saying: Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ait rex : Ubi est filius domini tui ? Responditque Siba regi : Remansit in Jerusalem, dicens : Hodie restituet mihi domus Israël regnum patris mei.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς Καὶ ποῦ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ κυρίου σου; καὶ εἶπεν Σειβὰ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Ἰδοὺ κάθηται ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, ὅτι εἶπεν Σήμερον ἐπιστρέψουσίν μοι οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ πατρός μου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאַיֵּ֖ה בֶּן אֲדֹנֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר צִיבָ֜א אֶל הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ הִנֵּה֙ יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר הַיּ֗וֹם יָשִׁ֤יבוּ לִי֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת מַמְלְכ֥וּת אָבִֽי
Haydock's commentary
Father: a very improbable story, as the son of Jonathan was lame, and all Israel had declared for Absalom. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians, Philippians 2:1-4
I will now, if you wish, give you examples of all these qualities. For these things which are contraries, seem in some way to be placed near together, as the tares to the wheat, and the thorns to the rose. But while babes might easily be deceived, they who are men in truth, and are skilled in spiritual husbandry, know how to separate what is really good from the bad. Let me then lay before you examples of these qualities from the Scriptures. What is flattery, and meanness, and adulation? Ziba flattered David out of season, and falsely slandered his master. ( 2 Sam. xvi. 1-3 .) Much more did Ahitophel flatter Absalom. ( 2 Sam. xvii. 1-4 .) But David was not so, but he was humble. For the deceitful are flatterers, as when they say, “O king, live for ever.” ( Dan. ii. 4 .) Again, what flatterers the magicians are.