2 Samuel 9:5-8

5 So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.

6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, “Mephibosheth!” “At your service,” he replied.

7 “Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”

8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?”

2 Samuel 9:5-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 9

This chapter relates David's inquiry after the posterity of Saul, whether any were living and where they were, 2Sa 9:1-4; and on inquiry being informed of one, he sent for him, and kindly received him, 2Sa 9:5-8; and restored to him the land of his fathers, and appointed a person to till it for him, and bring him the fruits of it, and maintained him at his own table, 2Sa 9:9-13.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 37:7; 2 Samuel 16:4; 2 Samuel 19:24-30
• 2. S 1 Samuel 20:14-15
• 3. ver 1,3; ver 13; 2 Samuel 12:8; 2 Samuel 19:28; 2 Samuel 21:7; 1 Kings 2:7; 2 Kings 25:29; Jeremiah 52:33
• 4. S 2 Samuel 4:4
• 5. S 2 Samuel 3:8; 2 Samuel 16:9