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2 Samuel 9

2 Sam. 9:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Is there yet
yesh (Hebrew #3426)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
KJV usage: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Pronounce: yaysh
Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
any that is left
yathar (Hebrew #3498)
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
KJV usage: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, - nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Pronounce: yaw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
of the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
, that I may show
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
him kindness
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
f for Jonathan’s
Yhownathan (Hebrew #3083)
Jehovah-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Jonathan. Compare 3129.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-naw-thawn'
Origin: from 3068 and 5414
sake?
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1 Sam. 20:14• 14{i}And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not,{/i} (1 Sam. 20:14)
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Prov. 27:10• 10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;{HR}And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:{HR}Better [is] a neighbour near than a brother far off. (Prov. 27:10)

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Jonathan,
Saul

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-6:  David by Ziba sends for Mephibosheth.
7-8:  For Jonathan's sake he entertains him at his table, and restores him all that was Saul's.
9-13:  He makes Ziba his farmer.
shew him.
2 Sam. 1:26• 26{i}I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan:{HR}Very pleasant wast thou unto me;{HR}Thy love to me was wonderful, passing women's love.{HR}{/i} (2 Sam. 1:26)
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1 Sam. 18:1‑4• 1And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
 2And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
 3Then Jonathan and David, made a covenant, because he loved, him as his own soul.
 4And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. (1 Sam. 18:1‑4)
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1 Sam. 20:14‑17,42• 14{i}And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of Jehovah, that I die not,{/i}
 15{i}but thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house forever, no, not when Jehovah cuts off the enemies of David, everyone from the face of the earth.{/i}
 16{i}And{/i} Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let Jehovah even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
 17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
 42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed forever. And he arose and departed and Jonathan went into the city. (1 Sam. 20:14‑17,42)
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1 Sam. 23:16‑18• 16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
 17{i}And he said to him{/i}, Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee. Thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
 18{i}And{/i} they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. (1 Sam. 23:16‑18)
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1 Kings 2:7• 7{i}But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they came up to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.{/i} (1 Kings 2:7)
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Prov. 27:10• 10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;{HR}And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:{HR}Better [is] a neighbour near than a brother far off. (Prov. 27:10)
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Matt. 10:42• 42{i}And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.{/i} (Matt. 10:42)
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Matt. 25:40• 40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me. (Matt. 25:40)
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Mark 9:41• 41{i}For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in [my] name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.{/i} (Mark 9:41)
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John 19:26‑27• 26Jesus therefore, seeing his mother and the disciple standing by whom he loved, saith to his mother, Woman, behold, thy son.
 27Next he saith to the disciple, Behold, thy mother; and from that hour the disciple took her unto his own [home]. (John 19:26‑27)
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Philem. 9‑12• 9for love's sake I rather entreat, being such a one as Paul aged and now also prisoner of Christ Jesus.
 10I entreat thee for my child whom I begot in bonds, Onesimus,
 11the once unprofitable to thee but now profitable both to thee and to me;
 12whom I send back to thee, in person, that is my bowels; (Philem. 9‑12)
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1 Peter 3:8• 8Finally [be] all likeminded, sympathetic, brother-loving, tender-hearted, humble-minded; (1 Peter 3:8)
• This touching and beautiful testimony to David’s kindness and faithfulness through grace appears to me to give us a picture of Christ’s relations to the remnant of Israel, or at least that of the spirit of these relations. (“2 Samuel 9” by J.N. Darby)
• Jonathan, whose history we have read, and who typifies those that will attach themselves to Christ in prospect of the kingdom, to which their thoughts are limited. (“2 Samuel 9” by J.N. Darby)
• 2 Sam. 9 and 10 are a sort of appendix. 2 Sam. 9 presents in type the Messiah's grace toward Israel and 2 Sam. 10 the same grace extended to the nations who reject it and bring down the judgment of God upon themselves. (“Mephibosheth: 2 Samuel 9” by H.L. Rossier)
• There was no reason that his interest should be drawn toward the house of Saul; this house had ever made war against David and, as far as its present condition was concerned, only its misery could attract the king's attention. But it is precisely misery that attracts grace. (“Mephibosheth: 2 Samuel 9” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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?

W. Kelly Translation

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And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)