2 Samuel 9 - Introduction
_DAVIS SENDS FOR MEPHIBOSHETH, THE SON OF JONATHAN, AND TREATS HIM WITH GREAT KINDNESS FOR HIS FATHER'S SAKE._ _Before Christ 1040._... [ Continue Reading ]
_DAVIS SENDS FOR MEPHIBOSHETH, THE SON OF JONATHAN, AND TREATS HIM WITH GREAT KINDNESS FOR HIS FATHER'S SAKE._ _Before Christ 1040._... [ Continue Reading ]
IS THERE YET ANY THAT IS LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL— After the establishment of his kingdom, religion was David's first care; chap. 2 Samuel 7:1. Friendship now became his second. It is not, I think, to be imagined, but that he well knew there yet survived one of the sons of his dear friend Jonathan.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT I MAY SHEW THE KINDNESS OF GOD UNTO HIM— That is, "That I may treat him with a benignity resembling that of Almighty God;" who continues his kindness even to the descendants of those who love him.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DAVID SAID, MEPHIBOSHETH, &C.— David said, _Art thou Mephibosheth? He answered, I am thy servant._ Houbigant. _Note;_ (1.) We must be not only ready to do good when applied to, but seek for occasions, and enquire out the most proper objects. (2.) It is not enough to forgive those who hate us, bu... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the annual produce of grain and fruits. The property of the whole patrimony was reserved to Mephibos... [ Continue Reading ]
AS FOR MEPHIBOSHETH, SAID THE KING, &C.— _Said the king,_ is not in the Hebrew. Houbigant renders the clause thus: _afterwards Mephibosheth did eat at the king's table, as one of the king's sons._ Dr. Delaney supposes, that David composed upon this occasion the 101st Psalm. _Note;_ Our forfeited inh... [ Continue Reading ]