Some years later, after his accession to the kingship of the United Monarchy, King David sought "someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God" and Mephibosheth was brought to him. David restored Saul's inheritance to Mephibosheth and permitted him to live within his palace in Jerusalem.
How did David show God's kindness to Mephibosheth?
As a descendant of Saul, he was right to fear the king. But David said, “Don't be afraid.” David showed kindness to Mephibosheth, promising to restore to him all of Saul's fields. He appointed servants to work the fields.
David said, "Mephibosheth!" "Your servant," he replied. "Don't be afraid," David said to him, "for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table."
When a new king takes over they usually kill the royal family so there is no conflict later on. So Mephibosheth started out at a distinct disadvantage. In her haste his well-meaning nurse dropped him. Because of that fall, Mephibosheth grew up crippled in both feet.
We might not be crippled in our feet, but we might be crippled spiritually. God does not want us to be crippled in any way. The story of Mephibosheth tells how his trusted nurse dropped him, and it was not the boy's fault. We should be aware that people will drop us and it will impact our lives.
Mephibosheth was five years old when both his father and grandfather died at the Battle of Mount Gilboa. After the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, Mephibosheth's nurse took him and fled in panic. (2 Samuel 4:4) In her haste, the child fell, or was dropped while fleeing. After that, he was unable to walk.
King David showed loving kindness to Jonathan's son Mephibosheth by bringing him from Lo-debar and having him eat at the King's table regularly. (2 Samuel 9:1-13).
Ziba, the servant, tells them that Jonathan's lame son Mephibosheth is still alive living in the house of Machir in Lo Debar. Imagine the fear Mephibosheth feels as he makes his way to the king's palace. Why is the kind calling him? It can't be good.
Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died. For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head.
Freebase. Mephibosheth. According to the Books of Samuel of the Tanakh, Mephibosheth or Merib-baal is the son of Jonathan, and grandson of King Saul,. According to the biblical narrative, Mephibosheth was five years old when both his father and grandfather died at the Battle of Mount Gilboa.
But David took an oath and said, "Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, `Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved. ' Yet as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death."
“When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
David is faithful to his promises and shows complete kindness, overwhelming blessing and generosity to Mephibosheth. I find the way Mephibosheth responds quite resounding – “what is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?”. He is referring to himself as a dead dog.
Rizpah was the daughter of Aiah and concubine to King Saul, with whom she had and two sons: Armoni and Mephibosheth (II Samuel 3:7; 21:8,10-11). After Saul's death, the commander-in-chief of his army, Abner, took a fancy to Rizpah and planned to marry her.
Machir or Makir (Hebrew: מָכִיר Māḵîr, "bartered") was the name of two figures in the Hebrew Bible: Machir was the son of Manasseh, grandson of Joseph, and father of Gilead.
The fact that they were both married did not inhibit them in emotional and physical displays of love for each other. This intimate relationship was sealed before God. It was not just a spiritual bond it became covenantal for “Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul” (1 Samuel 18:3).
Jonathan, in the Old Testament (I and II Samuel), eldest son of King Saul; his intrepidity and fidelity to his friend, the future king David, make him one of the most admired figures in the Bible.
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
Megillah 15a). They claim that she was David's favorite wife and was therefore called “Eglah” (calf), because she was as beloved to him as a calf. Eglah, the name of one of David's wives, is mentioned in II Sam. 3:5.
There are six stories of barren women in the Hebrew Bible: three of the four matriarchs, Sarah (Genesis 11:30), Rebekah (25:21), and Rachel (29:31); Hannah, mother of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1-2); the anonymous wife of Manoah, mother of Samson (Judges 13); and the “great woman of Shunem,” also called the ...
