Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

Ver. 5. Then king David sent, and fetched him.] Thus God oft stirreth up the hearts of his able servants to do good to the orphans of poorer saints, for their sakes; as were easy to instance. Peter Martyr's only daughter, through the riot and prodigality of her debauched husband, being brought to extreme poverty, was well maintained by the Senate of Zuric, for her reverend father's sake. Personal goodness is profitable to posterity.

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