2 Samuel 9 - Introduction
_A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040._ David sends for Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 9:1. Restores to him all the land that was Saul's, and appoints him to eat at his own table, 2 Samuel 9:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040._ David sends for Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 9:1. Restores to him all the land that was Saul's, and appoints him to eat at his own table, 2 Samuel 9:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And David said, Is there any left of the house of Saul_ Having ended the wars in which he had been engaged, and settled his kingdom and court, and enjoyed a short interval of peace and tranquillity, like a gleam of sunshine in the intermittings of a storm, he now begins to consider what private obl... [ Continue Reading ]
_He is in the house of Machir_ This Machir appears to have been a generous man, who entertained Mephibosheth out of mere compassion, not of disaffection to David: for afterward we find him kind to David himself, when he fled from Absalom. David now little thought that the time would come when he him... [ Continue Reading ]
_He fell on his face and did reverence_ As the manner was when men came into the presence of the king or king's son; for thus David himself prostrated himself before Jonathan, 1 Samuel 20:41. _I will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father_ That is, according to our mode of speaking, _thy grand... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, though he himself was to eat always with David. _And he was lame on both his feet_ Or, _though he w... [ Continue Reading ]