His servant Ziba slandered him before King David, who was then fleeing Jerusalem because of the rebellion of Absalom, Davids son Ziba said that Mephibosheth had disloyally stayed behind in Jerusalem in the hope of acquiring the kingship for himself
सीबाने दाविदाला सांगितले की दाविदाचे राज्यत्व स्वतः बळकावण्याच्या इराद्यानेच मफीबोशेथ पलायन न करता जेरूसलेममध्येच राहिला होता व अशारितीने त्याने राजा दाविदाचा विश्‍वासघात केला होता.