2 Samuel 9:3-7

3 The king asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?” Ziba answered the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet.”

4 “Where is he?” the king asked. Ziba answered, “He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.”

5 So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.

6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, “Mephibosheth!” “At your service,” he replied.

7 “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.”

2 Samuel 9:3-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 9

This chapter relates David's inquiry after the posterity of Saul, whether any were living and where they were, 2Sa 9:1-4; and on inquiry being informed of one, he sent for him, and kindly received him, 2Sa 9:5-8; and restored to him the land of his fathers, and appointed a person to till it for him, and bring him the fruits of it, and maintained him at his own table, 2Sa 9:9-13.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 8:34; 1 Samuel 20:14
• 2. S Leviticus 21:18; 2 Samuel 4:4
• 3. 2 Samuel 17:27-29
• 4. S Genesis 37:7; 2 Samuel 16:4; 2 Samuel 19:24-30
• 5. S 1 Samuel 20:14-15
• 6. ver 1,3; ver 13; 2 Samuel 12:8; 2 Samuel 19:28; 2 Samuel 21:7; 1 Kings 2:7; 2 Kings 25:29; Jeremiah 52:33