Mephibosheth

Mephibosheth· Meribbaal

Father

Jonathan

Children

Micah

• מְפִיבֹשֶׁת·Mephibosheth
• מְרִיב בַּ֫עַל·Merib-baalmeans “he that resists Baal; rebellion”
• מְרִי בַעַל·Meri-baal

Includes 4 verses that refer to Mephibosheth without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 2 Samuel 4:4מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
   And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
2. 2 Samuel 9:6מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
   And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
3. 2 Samuel 9:7Referred to, not named
   “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
4. 2 Samuel 9:8Referred to, not named
   Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
5. 2 Samuel 9:10מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
   You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
6. 2 Samuel 9:11מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
   And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
7. 2 Samuel 9:12מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
   And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.
8. 2 Samuel 9:13מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
   So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.
9. 2 Samuel 16:1מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
   When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
10. 2 Samuel 16:4מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
    So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
11. 2 Samuel 19:24מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
    Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
12. 2 Samuel 19:25מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
    And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
13. 2 Samuel 19:26Referred to, not named
    “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
14. 2 Samuel 19:29Referred to, not named
    The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
15. 2 Samuel 19:30מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
    And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
16. 2 Samuel 21:7מְפִיבֹשֶׁת · Mephibosheth
    Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
17. 1 Chronicles 8:34מְרִיב בַּ֫עַל · Merib-baal
    The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
18. 1 Chronicles 9:40מְרִי בַעַל · Meri-baal; מְרִיב בַּ֫עַל · Merib-baal
    The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.