And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? Ver. 1. _And David said._] _Tandem aliquando,_ long and last good Jonathan's posterity is thought on and inquired after. _Perraro grati reperiuntur._ It was much that David, so than... [ Continue Reading ]
And [there was] of the house of Saul a servant whose name [was] Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, [Art] thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant [is he]. Ver. 2. _A servant whose name was Ziba._] An old flatter, such as Saul had many about him; _Qualis herus, tolis s... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the king said, [Is] there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, [which is] lame on [his] feet._ Ver. 3. _The kindness of God._] A God-like kindness, - compare 3 John 1:6, - or that which Jonathan bo... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king said unto him, Where [is] he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he [is] in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar. Ver. 4. Behold, he is in the house of Machir … in Lodebar.] Which was a place beyond Jordan. 2Sa 17:27 Here, in a remote part of the country, Mephibosheth s... [ Continue Reading ]
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. Ver. 5. _Then king David sent, and fetched him._] Thus God oft stirreth up the hearts of his able servants to do good to the orphans of poorer saints, for their sakes; as were easy to instance. Peter... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! Ver. 6. _And David said, Mephibosheth._] He is also called Meribbaal, 1Ch 8:34 but his name was, haply, turned... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. Ver. 7. _And David said unto him, Fear not._] Mephi-bosheth feared, belike, that he was se... [ Continue Reading ]
And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I [am]? Ver. 8. _Upon such a dead dog as I am?_] So he calleth himself, as being lame, poor, of a rejected stock, and no way to be compared to David and his children, whose companion and fellow c... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. Ver. 9. I have given unto thy master's son,] _i.e., _ To Mephibosheth; though some expositors will have it meant of Micha, Mephibosheth's son; since M... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in [the fruits], that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. Ver. 10. _Shall till the... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, [said the king], he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. Ver. 11. _As for Mephibosheth, said the king._] These last words are not in the origin... [ Continue Reading ]
And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name [was] Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba [were] servants unto Mephibosheth. Ver. 12. _And Mephibosheth had a younq son._] It was no small while, therefore, ere poor Mephibosheth was thought upon - see 2 Samuel 9:1; twenty years at least. _ W... [ Continue Reading ]
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. Ver. 13. _And was lame on both his feet._] Or, Though he were lame, and therefore unfit to take his meals at the court, or to come thither at all; 2Sa 5:8 yet by special favour he enjo... [ Continue Reading ]