Verse 2 Samuel 9:9. _I HAVE GIVEN UNTO THY MASTER'S SON_] Unless Ziba had been servant of Jonathan, this seems to refer to Micha, son of Mephibosheth, and so some understand it; but it is more likely...
SAUL’S SERVANT - Josephus calls him one of Saul’s freedmen. The difference this would make in Ziba’s position would only be that instead of paying in the fruits of the confiscated land to David, he wo...
6. DAVID AND MEPHIBOSHETH CHAPTER 9 _ 1. Mephibosheth brought to David (2 Samuel 9:1)_ 2. Grace and mercy shown to him (2 Samuel 9:7) The story of Mephibosheth is the first thing mentioned after th...
2 SAMUEL 9. DAVID SHOWS FAVOUR TO MERI-BAAL (J). David, asking as to survivors of the house of Saul, hears of Meri-baal (2 Samuel 4:4 *); he bestows upon him Saul's private estates, and gives him the...
I HAVE GIVEN UNTO THY MASTER'S SON, &C.— Grotius and Dr. Trapp observe, that David made Ziba Mephibosheth's _colonus partiarius,_ his farmer, upon the terms of bringing in to his master, yearly, half...
_Mephibosheth Brought to David._ 2 Samuel 9:5-13 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...
_AND HE BOWED HIMSELF, AND SAID, WHAT IS THY SERVANT, THAT THOU SHOULDEST LOOK UPON SUCH A DEAD DOG AS I AM?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
DAVID AND MEPHIBOSHETH 2 Samuel 9-20 have apparently been taken from a single document, written not long after the events recorded, and with special and unique knowledge of the circumstances of David...
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 9 DAVID AND MEPHIBOSHETH V1 One day David asked, ‘Is anyone from Saul’s family still alive? If so, I want to be kind to that person...
וַ יִּקְרָ֣א הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ אֶל ־צִיבָ֛א נַ֥עַר
CHAPTER XII. _ DAVID AND MEPHIBOSHETH._ 2 Samuel 9:1. THE busy life which King David was now leading did not prevent memory from occasionally running back to his early days and bringing before him t...
KINDNESS FOR JONATHAN'S SAKE 2 Samuel 9:1 This poor cripple at Lodebar never supposed that David would show him favor. Did he not belong to the rejected house of Saul? What could he expect from one w...
There is an exquisite tenderness about the story here recorded. David's love for Jonathan was still fresh. One can easily imagine how in the days of his growing prosperity the king would often think o...
_Son, Miphiboseth. Some understand less correctly, (Calmet) "I have given to Micha, the son of Miphiboseth, all that belonged to Saul; and, as for Miphiboseth, I give him my table." (Munster; Vatable;...
(9) В¶ 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 s...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
He acts in grace also towards the humble remnant of Saul's house; and if Mephibosheth is not associated with the glory of his kingdom, he enjoys the privilege of the king's table, who shews him kindne...
THEN THE KING CALLED TO ZIBA, SAUL'S SERVANT,.... Who had been his servant: AND SAID UNTO HIM, I HAVE GIVEN UNTO THY MASTER'S SON; meaning either, as some, the son of Mephibosheth, Micha after mentio...
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. Ver. 9. I have given unto thy master's son,] _i.e....
1 Dauid by Ziba, sendeth for Mephibosheth. 7 For Ionathans sake he intertaineth him at his table, and restoreth him all that was Sauls. 9 He maketh Ziba his farmour. 1 AND Dauid said, Is there yet...
David Gives Orders Fob Mephibosheth's CaRev. 9. THEN THE KING CALLED TO ZIBA, SAUL'S SERVANT, who may have resided upon the property of the family of Saul at Gibeah as steward, AND SAID UNTO HIM, I HA...
When David's kingdom was established, he was not infatuated with his self-importance, as many men would be. Some would be inclined to get rid of every possible challenger of his position, particularly...
9-13 As David was a type of Christ, his Lord and Son, his Root and Offspring, let his kindness to Mephibosheth remind us of the kindness and love of God our Saviour to fallen man, to whom he was under...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Samuel 9:9 king H4428 called H7121 (H8799) Ziba H6717 Sauls H7586 servant H5288 said H559 (H8799) given...
CONTENTS: David's kindness to Mephibosheth. CHARACTERS: God, David, Mephibosheth, Ziba, Machir, Micha. CONCLUSION: Kindness is one of the laws of Christianity and the Christian should seek opportuni...
REFLECTIONS. When princes are in adversity they can be familiar with their faithful friends; but on being elevated to the throne, and thronged with the cares of government, they are apt to leave them...
_I will give unto thy master’s son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house, _ A LOST INHERITANCE RECOVERED When Warren Hastings was a boy he had to grieve at the fact that his family had los...
_Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake._ A GRACIOUS TEMPER I. An affecting exhibition of the vicissitudes of human life. I do not now re...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 9:1. “AND DAVID SAID.” This could not have occurred until David had reigned many years, seeing that Mephibosheth was only five years old when his father died, a...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 9:1 IS THERE YET ANY THAT IS LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL? As Mephibosheth was five years old at his father's death (2 Samuel 4:4), but now had a son (2 Samuel 9:12
In chapter nine David sought to discover if there were any left from the house of Saul. Jonathan and David had made a friendship pact between them that they would do good, and show kindness unto each...
1 Samuel 9:1; 2 Samuel 16:4; 2 Samuel 19:29; Isaiah 32:8...
MEPHIBOSHETH, A TYPE OF SAVING GRACE 2 Samuel 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of Mephibosheth is most fascinating. It has a backward look, as we remember the espousals of Jonathan to David. Let us...