Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

Then king David sent, and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodabar.

Then king David sent, and brought him from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

And king David sendeth, and taketh him out of the house of Machir son of Ammiel, of Lo-Debar,

Then King David sent, and had him taken from Lo-debar, from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel.

Therefore, king David sent and brought him from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of (c) Ammiel, from Lodebar.
(c) Who was also called Eliam the father of Bathsheba, David's wife.

Then King David sent,.... Messengers; it may be Ziba, none being more proper than he that knew him, and where he was:
and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar; they demanded him in the king's name, and being delivered to them, they brought him from thence to Jerusalem.

Machir - This Machir appears to have been a generous man, who entertained Mephibosheth out of mere compassion, not of disaffection to David: for afterwards we find him kind to David himself, when he fled from Absalom. David now little thought, that the time would come, when he himself should need his assistance. Let us be forward to give, because we know not what we ourselves may sometime want.