Mephibosheth in Biblical History

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Who is Mephibosheth?
MEPHIB'OSHETH
(extermination of idols). 1. A son of Saul, who, with his brother and five others of the family, suffered a violent death at the hands of the Gibeonites. 2 Sam 21:8. 2. Or Meribbaal, 1 Chr 8:34, was a son of Jonathan, and grandson of Saul, who at the age of five years fell from his nurse's arms and was ever after a cripple. When David was in quiet possession of his kingdom he sought out this branch of the family of Jonathan his friend, and not only gave him an honorable place in his palace, but restored to him the estates of his father. During Absalom's rebellion, however. Mephibosheth showed some signs of disaffection, and on David's return he lost one-half of his estates. 2 Sam 4:4; 2 Sam 9:6; 2 Sam 16:1-4; 2 Sam 19:24-30; 2 Sam 21:7. He is called Merib-baal in 1 Chr 8:34; 1 Chr 9:40.

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