Mephibosheth


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Mephibosheth

Mephibosheth (mĭfĭbˈəshĕth), in the Bible. 1 Jonathan's lame. David restored Saul's lands to him, and spared him when he gave the Gibeonites seven of Saul's descendants to settle a blood debt. For the relation between the names of this man, see Baal. 2 Son of Saul.
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Mephibosheth

crippled in childhood when nurse dropped him. [O.T.: II Samuel, 4:4]
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Also, the seed of kindness, love and loyalty that Jonathan did sow was reaped by 'Mephibosheth.' 'Jonathan' created a legacy of access for Mephibosheth.
But David's transforming love, which surpassed the issues of race, physical condition, gender, social class, and religious conviction, brought this man Mephibosheth closer to him, and he even ate at the same table with him.
Turning to his text, he cites the best example of a leader who left a profound memory is found in the lives of King David and a grandson by the name Mephibosheth, was son of Jonathan, David's best friend, and grandson of King Saul's.
Schipper, Disability Studies and the Hebrew Bible: Figuring Mephibosheth in the David Story (Vol.
Not even this event ends Saul's line, as David spared Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth (21:7; he was crippled, and therefore an unlikely threat to the throne.
The original draft of Samuel was supplemented in his view in two stages: First, in what roughly corresponds to 1 Samuel 9-30, the rise and demise of Saul and the rise of David, and in almost all of 2 Samuel, the tales or David's reign (e.g., the incident with Mephibosheth, David and Bathsheba, Absalom, etc.); Second, in what roughly corresponds to 1 Samuel 1-8, the story of Samuel, and also additional materials about the Saul-David rivalry in 1 Samuel 15; 19:20-24; 20; 25-30; and in 2 Samuel 1-4 (the rival kingship of Ishbosheth), 20.
Pratt was instrumental in bringing Thomas McCulloch's Letters of Mephibosheth Stepsure (first serialized in 1821-23) to the New Canadian Library.
Thus, Ziba the servant of his lord Mephibosheth reported falsely to David, inventing what was not true (2 Sam.
Thomas McCulloch (1776-1843) deserves mention beside his better-known compatriot; the author of Letters of Mephibosheth Stepsure (1821-23) is now being hailed as "the founder of genuine Canadian humor." A New World poet named Oliver Goldsmith (1787-1861) published The Rising Village in London in 1825.
27:18); and "He would have known how King David responded to Mephibosheth: 'Don't be afraid, I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan.
After Jonathan's death, David cared for Jonathan's son Mephibosheth: David inquired, "Is there anyone still left of the House of Saul with whom I can keep faith for the sake of Jonathan?" (II Sam.
example being that of Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, who, although