Mephibosheth
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....
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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:...
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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....
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Meri-baal - "beloved of Baal"/"beloved of the Lord". In view
of later religious sensibilities, textually later parts of the
Bible rename Meribaal to Mephibosheth - "exterminator of the
shameful one", while textually earlier parts preserve the name
Meribaal. This change from "-Baal" to "-Bosheth" is common
throughout other Biblical names, the e...
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me-fib'-o-sheth (mephibhosheth, "idol-breaker," also MERIB-
BAAL (which see); Memphibosthe):
(1) Son of Saul by his concubine RIZPAH (which see),
daughter of Aiah (2 Sam 21:8).
See also ARMONI.
(2) Grandson of Saul, son of Jonathan, and nephew of
Mephibosheth (1) (2 Sam 4:4). He was 5 years old when his
father and grandfather were slain. He was ...
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-1. Son of Saul by Rizpah, whom David surrendered to the
Gibeonites to be killed
2Sa 21:8,9
-2. Son of Jonathan
2Sa 4:4
Called MERIB-BAAL
1Ch 8:34; 9:40
Was lame
2Sa 4:4
David entertains him at his table
2Sa 9:1-7; 21:7
Property restored to
2Sa 9:9,10
His ingratitude to David at the time of Absolom's
usurpation
2Sa 16:1-4; 19:24-30
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(exterminating the idol), the name borne by two members of
the family of Saul --his son and his grandson.
1. Saul's son by Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, his
concubine. 2Sa 21:8 He and his brother Armoni were among the
seven victims who were surrendered by David to the
Gibeonites, and by them crucified to avert a famine from
which the country w...
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exterminator of shame; i.e., of idols. (1.) The name of
Saul's
son by the concubine Rizpah (q.v.), the daughter of
Aiah. He and
his brother Armoni were with five others "hanged on
a hill
before the Lord" by the Gibeonites, and their bodies
exposed in
the sun for five months (2 Sam. 21:8-10). (2.) The
son of
Jonathan, and grandson of Saul ...
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1. Saul's son by Rizpah (2 Samuel 21:8); "crucified" (yaqah;
not talah, which would mean "hanged up") with six others
before Jehovah by the Gibeonites to avert the famine; from
barley harvest until the rains of October the bodies
remained exposed to the sun (compare Numbers 25:4), but
watched by Rizpah's pious care, and finally were committed ...
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out of my mouth proceeds reproach...
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