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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 9:11

Said the king - There is nothing in the Hebrew to warrant the insertion of these words. The words are: “So Mephibosheth ate at my table as one of the king’s sons.” Only it follows that the narrator is David himself.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Samuel 9:11. _SO SHALL THY SERVANT DO._] The promises of Ziba were fair and specious, but he was a traitor in his heart, as we shall see in the rebellion of Absalom, and David's indulgence to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. DAVID AND MEPHIBOSHETH CHAPTER 9 _ 1. Mephibosheth brought to David (2 Samuel 9:1)_ 2. Grace and mercy shown to him (2 Samuel 9:7) The story of Mephibosheth is the first thing mentioned after th...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 SAMUEL 9. DAVID SHOWS FAVOUR TO MERI-BAAL (J). David, asking as to survivors of the house of Saul, hears of Meri-baal (2 Samuel 4:4 *); he bestows upon him Saul's private estates, and gives him the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _As for Mephibosheth_, said the king] There is nothing to warrant the insertion of the words "said the king:" nor can the words be Ziba's assertion that he would himself have entertained Mephibosheth...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AS FOR MEPHIBOSHETH, SAID THE KING, &C.— _Said the king,_ is not in the Hebrew. Houbigant renders the clause thus: _afterwards Mephibosheth did eat at the king's table, as one of the king's sons._ Dr....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Mephibosheth Brought to David._ 2 Samuel 9:5-13 5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 K...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID AND MEPHIBOSHETH 2 Samuel 9-20 have apparently been taken from a single document, written not long after the events recorded, and with special and unique knowledge of the circumstances of David...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 9 DAVID AND MEPHIBOSHETH V1 One day David asked, ‘Is anyone from Saul’s family still alive? If so, I want to be kind to that person...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר צִיבָא֙ אֶל ־הַ מֶּ֔לֶךְ כְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XII. _ DAVID AND MEPHIBOSHETH._ 2 Samuel 9:1. THE busy life which King David was now leading did not prevent memory from occasionally running back to his early days and bringing before him t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    KINDNESS FOR JONATHAN'S SAKE 2 Samuel 9:1 This poor cripple at Lodebar never supposed that David would show him favor. Did he not belong to the rejected house of Saul? What could he expect from one w...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    There is an exquisite tenderness about the story here recorded. David's love for Jonathan was still fresh. One can easily imagine how in the days of his growing prosperity the king would often think o...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. (f) As for Mephibosheth, [said the king], he shall eat at my table, as one of...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _My table, if the king was pleased so to order. (Sanchez) --- It would seem that Siba did not properly understand the king. (Calmet) --- The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic, read, perhaps more correctl...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (9) В¶ 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. (10) Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy s...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    He acts in grace also towards the humble remnant of Saul's house; and if Mephibosheth is not associated with the glory of his kingdom, he enjoys the privilege of the king's table, who shews him kindne...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SAID ZIBA UNTO THE KING, ACCORDING TO ALL THE KING HATH COMMANDED HIS SERVANT, SO SHALL THY SERVANT DO,.... Till the land, and bring the fruits of it to Mephibosheth, for the support of his famil...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Mephibosheth shall eat bread alway at my table_ Now David declares publicly what he had said privately to Mephibosheth. His family was to be maintained by the fruit of the estate that David gave him,...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Dauid by Ziba, sendeth for Mephibosheth. 7 For Ionathans sake he intertaineth him at his table, and restoreth him all that was Sauls. 9 He maketh Ziba his farmour. 1 AND Dauid said, Is there yet...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 kin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    David Gives Orders Fob Mephibosheth's CaRev. 9. THEN THE KING CALLED TO ZIBA, SAUL'S SERVANT, who may have resided upon the property of the family of Saul at Gibeah as steward, AND SAID UNTO HIM, I HA...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    When David's kingdom was established, he was not infatuated with his self-importance, as many men would be. Some would be inclined to get rid of every possible challenger of his position, particularly...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-13 As David was a type of Christ, his Lord and Son, his Root and Offspring, let his kindness to Mephibosheth remind us of the kindness and love of God our Saviour to fallen man, to whom he was under...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    These are the words, either, first, Of David; the words _said he_, or _said the king_, being supplied out of the former and following verses. Or, secondly, Of Ziba, being thus rendered and understood....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 9:11 Ziba H6717 said H559 (H8799) king H4428 lord H113 king H4428 commanded H6680 (H8762) servant...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David's kindness to Mephibosheth. CHARACTERS: God, David, Mephibosheth, Ziba, Machir, Micha. CONCLUSION: Kindness is one of the laws of Christianity and the Christian should seek opportuni...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    REFLECTIONS. When princes are in adversity they can be familiar with their faithful friends; but on being elevated to the throne, and thronged with the cares of government, they are apt to leave them...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake._ A GRACIOUS TEMPER I. An affecting exhibition of the vicissitudes of human life. I do not now re...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 9:1 Often in ancient times, even in Israel, a change in royal dynasty led to the killing of all male heirs of the defeated family (compare 2 Kings 10:1;...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 9:11 MEPHIBOSHETH ATE AT DAVID’S TABLE, LIKE ONE OF THE KING’S SONS. The arrangement is similar to that for David’s older sons. Though they “ate at David’s table,” some of th...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 9:1. “AND DAVID SAID.” This could not have occurred until David had reigned many years, seeing that Mephibosheth was only five years old when his father died, a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 9:1 IS THERE YET ANY THAT IS LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL? As Mephibosheth was five years old at his father's death (2 Samuel 4:4), but now had a son (2 Samuel 9:12

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In chapter nine David sought to discover if there were any left from the house of Saul. Jonathan and David had made a friendship pact between them that they would do good, and show kindness unto each...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 16:1; 2 Samuel 19:17; 2 Samuel 19:26...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    MEPHIBOSHETH, A TYPE OF SAVING GRACE 2 Samuel 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of Mephibosheth is most fascinating. It has a backward look, as we remember the espousals of Jonathan to David. Let us...

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