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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(idol breaker). (1) A
son
of
Saul
(
2 Sam. 21:8
8
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: (2 Samuel 21:8)
). (2) Son of
Jonathan
(
2 Sam. 4:4; 9:6-13; 16; 19:24-30
4
And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. (2 Samuel 4:4)
6
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!
7
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely show 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.
8
And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
9
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 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.
11
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.
12
And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
13
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. (2 Samuel 9:6‑13)
24
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
25
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
26
And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
27
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
28
For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
29
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
30
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. (2 Samuel 19:24‑30)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
Son
of
Jonathan
,
the son
of
Saul
. When five years old he fell from his
nurse
’s
arms
or
shoulder
, and became lame on both his feet. When
David
came into
power
he inquired if there were any of Saul’s descendants to whom he could show the kindness of
God
for Jonathan’s sake, and Mephibosheth was found. All that had been Saul’s possessions were given to Mephibosheth under the care of
Ziba
as his
servant
, and Mephibosheth was made to sit at the king’s
table
continually. David and Jonathan had made a
league
together as to their seed (
1 Sam. 20:15,42
15
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. (1 Samuel 20:15)
42
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. (1 Samuel 20:42)
). David fully respected this and far exceeded it, for it was true
grace
in him to bring Mephibosheth to sit at his table.
When
Absalom
revolted, Ziba brought presents to David, and slandered Mephibosheth, saying that he sought the
kingdom
. David thereupon gave to Ziba all the possessions of Mephibosheth; but on hearing subsequently Mephibosheth’s explanations, David divided the
inheritance
between them. His doing this, and the way he answered Mephibosheth, “Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land,” makes it doubtful whether David was quite convinced of Mephibosheth’s innocence. While the king was away Mephibosheth had not dressed his feet, nor trimmed his
beard
, nor washed his clothes; and when David decided that the land should be divided, he said, “Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my
lord
the king is come again in
peace
.” When Saul’s descendants were required for a recompense to the Gibeonites David spared Mephibosheth for Jonathan’s sake, nor was he mentioned when the king died (
2 Sam. 4:4
4
And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. (2 Samuel 4:4)
;
2 Sam. 9:3-13
3
And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
4
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 Lo-debar.
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 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!
7
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely show 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.
8
And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
9
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 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.
11
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.
12
And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
13
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. (2 Samuel 9:3‑13)
;
2 Sam. 16:1-4
1
And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
2
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
3
And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
4
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. (2 Samuel 16:1‑4)
;
2 Sam. 19:24-30
24
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
25
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
26
And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
27
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
28
For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
29
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
30
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. (2 Samuel 19:24‑30)
;
2 Sam. 21:7
7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. (2 Samuel 21:7)
). In
1 Chronicles 8:34
34
And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. (1 Chronicles 8:34)
and
1 Chronicles 9:40
40
And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah. (1 Chronicles 9:40)
he is called
MERIB-
BAAL
, “Baal contendeth.”
2.
Son of Saul and
Rizpah
: he and his
brother
Armoni
were among the
seven
given up to
death
, on account of the
famine
that God brought upon the land because Saul’s
sin
against the Gibeonites had not been atoned for. Rizpah protected the bodies by
day
and by
night
, until David caused their remains to be buried with those of Saul and Jonathan (
2 Sam. 21:8-14
8
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
9
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
10
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
11
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
13
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land. (2 Samuel 21:8‑14)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
4648
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Mphiybosheth
Phonic:
mef-ee-bo’-sheth
Meaning:
or Mphibosheth {mef-ee-bo'-sheth}; probably from
6284
and
1322
; dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal); Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites
KJV Usage:
Mephibosheth
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
breathing shame
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Exterminating the shameful idol; idol-breaker:―name of two Israelites, 2 Sam. 21:8. {Exterminans pudendum idolum}
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