2Sa 9:1-8 - Commentary

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Text -- 2 Samuel 9:1-8 (NET)

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David Finds Mephibosheth

9:1 Then David asked, “Is anyone still left from the family of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?” 9:2 Now there was a servant from Saul’s house named Ziba, so he was summoned to David. The king asked him, “Are you Ziba?” He replied, “At your service.” 9:3 The king asked, “Is there not someone left from Saul’s family, that I may extend God’s kindness to him?” Ziba said to the king, “One of Jonathan’s sons is left; both of his feet are crippled.” 9:4 The king asked him, “Where is he?” Ziba told the king, “He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar. 9:5 So King David had him brought from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar. 9:6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. David said, “Mephibosheth?” He replied, “Yes, at your service.” 9:7 David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. You will be a regular guest at my table.” 9:8 Then Mephibosheth bowed and said, “Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?”

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Names, People and Places:

· Ammiel a man sent by Moses as a spy,father of Machir who sheltered Mephibosheth after Saul's death,father of Bathshua/Bathsheba, David's wife,a Levite gatekeeper whose descendants returned from exile

· David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

· Jonathan a man who was a descendant of Gershom son of Moses,son of Saul of Benjamin,son of the high priest Abiathar in David's time,the son of Shime-i, David's brother,son of Shammah/Shagee; one of David's military elite,son of Jada of Judah,son of Uzziah; overseer of the country treasuries for King David,a man who was uncle and counselor of King David,father of Ebed who accompanied Ezra leading the clan of Adin back from exile,a man who opposed Ezra's reforms; son of Asahel,a chief priest; son of Joiada,priest and head of the house of Malluchi under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah,son of Shemaiah of Asaph of Levi; father of Zechariah,a man who was secretary and dungeon keeper for King Zedekiah; son of Kareah

· Lo-debar a town of Gad, probably 15 km NE of Beth-Shan, just across the Jordan

· Lo-Debar a town of Gad, probably 15 km NE of Beth-Shan, just across the Jordan

· Machir son of Manasseh (Joseph); father of Hezron's wife and of Gilead,son of Ammiel at Lo-Debar; Mephibosheth's friend

· Mephibosheth the crippled son of Jonathan,son of Saul and Rizpah whom the Gibeonites killed

· Saul the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi

· Ziba the chief servant in the house of Saul

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Sa 9:1 Heb “house.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 9:2 Heb “your servant.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 9:3 Heb “house.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 9:5 Heb “from.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 9:6 Heb “Look, your servant.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 9:7 Heb “and you will eat food over my table continually.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 9:8 Heb “What is your servant, that you turn to a dead dog which is like me?”

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