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<p> 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 to Kish's sepulchre. </p> <p> 2. Saul's grandson, son of Jonathan. Originally Merib-baal, an ancestor being named [[Baal]] (1 Chronicles 8:30; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 8:24; 1 Chronicles 9:36). (See ISHBOSHETH; JERUBBAAL.) When [[Saul]] and [[Jonathan]] fell at [[Gilboa]] [[Mephibosheth]] was but five years old. His nurse at the sad tidings took him up and fled; in her haste she let him fall from her shoulders (Josephus Ant., vii. 5, section 5), whereon children in the East are carried, and he became lame of both feet (2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:13). He had been for a considerable time living in obscurity with [[Machir]] in [[Lodebar]] beyond Jordan, near Mahanaim, his uncle Ishbosheth's seat of government, when [[David]] through [[Ziba]] heard of him, and for the sake of Jonathan, and his promise respecting Jonathan's seed (1 Samuel 20:15; 1 Samuel 20:42), restored to him all the land of Saul and admitted him to eat bread at his table at [[Jerusalem]] continually. (See MACHIR.) </p> <p> Ziba, from being a menial of Saul's house, had managed to become master himself of 20 servants; with these and his 15 sons he, by David's command, tilled the land for Mephibosheth, for though Mephibosheth was henceforth David's guest, and needed no provision, he had a son [[Micha]] (1 Samuel 9; 1 Chronicles 8:34-35) and a retinue to maintain as a prince. His deformity, added to the depression of Saul's family, produced in him an abject fear and characteristic humility which are expressed in a manner sad to read of when one remembers the bygone greatness of Saul's house. It is a retribution in kind that the representative of Saul's family now calls himself before David by the contemptuous title which once David in self abasement used before Saul, "dead dog" (2 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 24:14). </p> <p> The same depressed spirit appears in 2 Samuel 19:26-28. [[Seventeen]] years subsequently, in Absalom's rebellion, Ziba rendered important service to David by meeting him as he crossed Olivet, with two strong "he donkeys" (chamor ) ready saddled for the king's use, bread, raisins, fruits, and wine. With shrewd political forecast, guessing the failure of the rebellion, Ziba gained David's favor at the cost of Mephibosheth, whom he misrepresented as staying at Jerusalem in expectation of regaining the kingdom (2 Samuel 16:1-4). David in hasty credulity (Proverbs 18:13; John 7:51 on the spot assigned all Mephibosheth's property to Ziba. On David's return to Jerusalem Mephibosheth made known the true state of the case, that Ziba had deceived him when he desired to saddle the donkey and go to the king, and had slandered him (2 Samuel 19:24-30). His squalid appearance, with unwashed feet, unattended beard, and soiled clothes, indicating the deepest mourning ever since the king departed, attested his truthfulness. </p> <p> David saw his error, but had not the courage to rectify it altogether. Ziba's service to him in his extremity outweighed his perfidy to Mephibosheth. Impatiently (for conscience told him he had been unjust to Mephibosheth and still was only half just) David replied, "why speakest thou any more of thy matters? [[Thou]] and Ziba divide the land." Mephibosheth had everything to lose and nothing to gain from Absalom's success. A cripple and a [[Benjamite]] could never dream of being preferred by [[Judah]] to the handsome Absalom; interest and gratitude bound him to David. Ziba had it completely in his power to leave him unable to stir from Jerusalem during the rebellion, by taking away the asses; the king and his friends were gone. So not merely servility, but sincere satisfaction at David's return, prompted his reply: "let Ziba take all, forasmuch as my lord is come again in peace." David's non-mention of Mephibosheth on his death bed is doubtless because Mephibosheth had died in the eight years that intervened between David's return and his death. </p> <p> Mephibosheth typifies man once son of the King; then having lost his right by the fall, as Mephibosheth did by Saul's and Jonathan's death at Gilboa. [[Bearing]] a name of reproach like Mephibosheth, instead of his name of innocence; banished to the outskirts of the moral wilderness, like Mephibosheth in Lodebar; liable to perish by the sword of justice, as Saul's other sons (2 Samuel 21); paralyzed by original sin, as Mephibosheth lamed from infancy in both feet; invited by the Lord and Savior, after having spoiled principalities, to sit down at the royal table (Matthew 8:11; Revelation 19:7; Revelation 19:9), as Mephibosheth was by David after conquering all his foes, on the ground of the everlasting covenant (Jeremiah 31:3); as David regarded Mephibosheth because of his covenant with Jonathan (1 Samuel 20:15; 1 Samuel 20:42). [[Fear]] is man's first feeling in the Lord's presence (Luke 5:8); but He reassures the trembling sinner (Isaiah 43:1; Revelation 2:7), as David did Mephibosheth, restoring him to a princely estate. </p> | <p> 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 to Kish's sepulchre. </p> <p> 2. Saul's grandson, son of Jonathan. Originally Merib-baal, an ancestor being named [[Baal]] (1 Chronicles 8:30; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 8:24; 1 Chronicles 9:36). (See ISHBOSHETH; JERUBBAAL.) When [[Saul]] and [[Jonathan]] fell at [[Gilboa]] [[Mephibosheth]] was but five years old. His nurse at the sad tidings took him up and fled; in her haste she let him fall from her shoulders (Josephus Ant., vii. 5, section 5), whereon children in the East are carried, and he became lame of both feet (2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:13). He had been for a considerable time living in obscurity with [[Machir]] in [[Lodebar]] beyond Jordan, near Mahanaim, his uncle Ishbosheth's seat of government, when [[David]] through [[Ziba]] heard of him, and for the sake of Jonathan, and his promise respecting Jonathan's seed (1 Samuel 20:15; 1 Samuel 20:42), restored to him all the land of Saul and admitted him to eat bread at his table at [[Jerusalem]] continually. (See MACHIR.) </p> <p> Ziba, from being a menial of Saul's house, had managed to become master himself of 20 servants; with these and his 15 sons he, by David's command, tilled the land for Mephibosheth, for though Mephibosheth was henceforth David's guest, and needed no provision, he had a son [[Micha]] (1 Samuel 9; 1 Chronicles 8:34-35) and a retinue to maintain as a prince. His deformity, added to the depression of Saul's family, produced in him an abject fear and characteristic humility which are expressed in a manner sad to read of when one remembers the bygone greatness of Saul's house. It is a retribution in kind that the representative of Saul's family now calls himself before David by the contemptuous title which once David in self abasement used before Saul, "dead dog" (2 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 24:14). </p> <p> The same depressed spirit appears in 2 Samuel 19:26-28. [[Seventeen]] years subsequently, in Absalom's rebellion, Ziba rendered important service to David by meeting him as he crossed Olivet, with two strong "he donkeys" (chamor ) ready saddled for the king's use, bread, raisins, fruits, and wine. With shrewd political forecast, guessing the failure of the rebellion, Ziba gained David's favor at the cost of Mephibosheth, whom he misrepresented as staying at Jerusalem in expectation of regaining the kingdom (2 Samuel 16:1-4). David in hasty credulity (Proverbs 18:13; John 7:51 on the spot assigned all Mephibosheth's property to Ziba. On David's return to Jerusalem Mephibosheth made known the true state of the case, that Ziba had deceived him when he desired to saddle the donkey and go to the king, and had slandered him (2 Samuel 19:24-30). His squalid appearance, with unwashed feet, unattended beard, and soiled clothes, indicating the deepest mourning ever since the king departed, attested his truthfulness. </p> <p> David saw his error, but had not the courage to rectify it altogether. Ziba's service to him in his extremity outweighed his perfidy to Mephibosheth. Impatiently (for conscience told him he had been unjust to Mephibosheth and still was only half just) David replied, "why speakest thou any more of thy matters? [[Thou]] and Ziba divide the land." Mephibosheth had everything to lose and nothing to gain from Absalom's success. A cripple and a [[Benjamite]] could never dream of being preferred by [[Judah]] to the handsome Absalom; interest and gratitude bound him to David. Ziba had it completely in his power to leave him unable to stir from Jerusalem during the rebellion, by taking away the asses; the king and his friends were gone. So not merely servility, but sincere satisfaction at David's return, prompted his reply: "let Ziba take all, forasmuch as my lord is come again in peace." David's non-mention of Mephibosheth on his death bed is doubtless because Mephibosheth had died in the eight years that intervened between David's return and his death. </p> <p> Mephibosheth typifies man once son of the King; then having lost his right by the fall, as Mephibosheth did by Saul's and Jonathan's death at Gilboa. [[Bearing]] a name of reproach like Mephibosheth, instead of his name of innocence; banished to the outskirts of the moral wilderness, like Mephibosheth in Lodebar; liable to perish by the sword of justice, as Saul's other sons (2 Samuel 21); paralyzed by original sin, as Mephibosheth lamed from infancy in both feet; invited by the Lord and Savior, after having spoiled principalities, to sit down at the royal table (Matthew 8:11; Revelation 19:7; Revelation 19:9), as Mephibosheth was by David after conquering all his foes, on the ground of the everlasting covenant (Jeremiah 31:3); as David regarded Mephibosheth because of his covenant with Jonathan (1 Samuel 20:15; 1 Samuel 20:42). [[Fear]] is man's first feeling in the Lord's presence (Luke 5:8); but He reassures the trembling sinner (Isaiah 43:1; Revelation 2:7), as David did Mephibosheth, restoring him to a princely estate. </p> | ||
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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67599" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67599" /> == | ||
<p> 1. [[Son]] of Jonathan, the son of Saul. When five years old he fell from his nurse's arms or shoulder, and became lame on both his feet. When [[David]] came into power he inquired if there were any of Saul's descendants to whom he could show the kindness of [[God]] for Jonathan's sake, and [[Mephibosheth]] was found. All that had been Saul's possessions were given to Mephibosheth under the care of [[Ziba]] as his servant, and Mephibosheth was made to sit at the king's table continually. David and [[Jonathan]] had made a league together as to their seed. 1 Samuel 20:15,42 . David fully respected this and far exceeded it, for it was true grace in him to bring Mephibosheth to sit at his table. </p> <p> When [[Absalom]] revolted, Ziba brought presents to David, and slandered Mephibosheth, saying that he sought the kingdom. David thereupon gave to Ziba all the possessions of Mephibosheth; but on hearing subsequently Mephibosheth's explanations, David divided the inheritance between them. His doing this, and the way he answered Mephibosheth, "Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, [[Thou]] and Ziba divide the land," makes it doubtful whether David was quite convinced of Mephibosheth's innocence. While the king was away Mephibosheth had not dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes; and when David decided that the land should be divided, he said, "Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace." When Saul's descendants were required for a recompense to the [[Gibeonites]] David spared Mephibosheth for Jonathan's sake, nor was he mentioned when the king died. 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:3-13; 2 Samuel 16:1-4; 2 Samuel 19:24-30; 2 Samuel 21:7 . In 1 Chronicles 8:34; 1 Chronicles 9:40 he is called MERIB-BAAL, 'Baal contendeth.' </p> <p> 2. Son of [[Saul]] and Rizpah: he and his brother [[Armoni]] were among the seven given up to death, on account of the famine that God brought upon the land because Saul's sin against the Gibeonites had not been atoned for. [[Rizpah]] protected the bodies by day and by night, until David caused their remains to be buried with those of Saul and Jonathan. 2 Samuel 21:8-14 . </p> | <p> 1. [[Son]] of Jonathan, the son of Saul. When five years old he fell from his nurse's arms or shoulder, and became lame on both his feet. When [[David]] came into power he inquired if there were any of Saul's descendants to whom he could show the kindness of [[God]] for Jonathan's sake, and [[Mephibosheth]] was found. All that had been Saul's possessions were given to Mephibosheth under the care of [[Ziba]] as his servant, and Mephibosheth was made to sit at the king's table continually. David and [[Jonathan]] had made a league together as to their seed. 1 Samuel 20:15,42 . David fully respected this and far exceeded it, for it was true grace in him to bring Mephibosheth to sit at his table. </p> <p> When [[Absalom]] revolted, Ziba brought presents to David, and slandered Mephibosheth, saying that he sought the kingdom. David thereupon gave to Ziba all the possessions of Mephibosheth; but on hearing subsequently Mephibosheth's explanations, David divided the inheritance between them. His doing this, and the way he answered Mephibosheth, "Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, [[Thou]] and Ziba divide the land," makes it doubtful whether David was quite convinced of Mephibosheth's innocence. While the king was away Mephibosheth had not dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes; and when David decided that the land should be divided, he said, "Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace." When Saul's descendants were required for a recompense to the [[Gibeonites]] David spared Mephibosheth for Jonathan's sake, nor was he mentioned when the king died. 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:3-13; 2 Samuel 16:1-4; 2 Samuel 19:24-30; 2 Samuel 21:7 . In 1 Chronicles 8:34; 1 Chronicles 9:40 he is called MERIB-BAAL, 'Baal contendeth.' </p> <p> 2. Son of [[Saul]] and Rizpah: he and his brother [[Armoni]] were among the seven given up to death, on account of the famine that God brought upon the land because Saul's sin against the Gibeonites had not been atoned for. [[Rizpah]] protected the bodies by day and by night, until David caused their remains to be buried with those of Saul and Jonathan. 2 Samuel 21:8-14 . </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73864" /> == | |||
<p> Mephib'osheth. (exterminating the idol). The name borne by two members of the family of [[Saul]] - his son and his grandson. </p> <p> 1. Saul's son, by Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, his concubine. 2 Samuel 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 was suffering. </p> <p> 2. The son of Jonathan, grandson of Saul, and nephew of Mephibosheth, 1; called also Merib-baal. 1 Chronicles 8:34. His life seems to have been, from beginning to end, one of trial and discomfort. When his father and grandfather were slain on Gilboa, he was an infant, but five years old. At this age, he met with an accident which deprived him, for life, of the use of both feet. 2 Samuel 4:4. After this, he is found a home with [[Machir]] ben-Ammiel, a powerful Gadite, who brought him up, and while here, was married. </p> <p> [[Later]] on, David invited him to Jerusalem, and there treated him, and his son, Micha, with the greatest kindness. From this time forward, he resided at Jerusalem. Of Mephibosheth's behavior during the rebellion of Absalom, we possess two accounts - his own, 2 Samuel 13:24-30, and that of Ziba, 2 Samuel 16:1-4. They are naturally, at variance with each other. In consequence of the story of Ziba, he was rewarded by the possessions of his master. </p> <p> Mephibosheth's story - which however, he had not the opportunity of telling, until several days later, when he met David returning to his kingdom, at the western bank of [[Jordan]] - was very different from Ziba's. That David did not disbelieve it, is shown by his revoking the judgment, he had previously given. That he did not entirely reverse his decision, but allowed [[Ziba]] to retain possession of half the lands of Mephibosheth, is probably due partly to weariness at the whole transaction, but mainly to the conciliatory frame of mind in which he was at that moment. "Shall there any man be put to death this day?" is the keynote of the whole proceeding. </p> | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32748" /> == | |||
<li> The son of Jonathan, and grandson of [[Saul]] (2 Samuel 4:4 ). He was but five years old when his father and grandfather fell on Mount Gilboa. The child's nurse hearing of this calamity, fled with him from Gibeah, the royal residence, and stumbling in her haste, the child was thrown to the ground and maimed in both his feet, and ever after was unable to walk (19:26). He was carried to the land of Gilead, where he found a refuge in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar, by whom he was brought up. <p> Some years after this, when [[David]] had subdued all the adversaries of Israel, he began to think of the family of Jonathan, and discovered that [[Mephibosheth]] was residing in the house of Machir. [[Thither]] he sent royal messengers, and brought him and his infant son to Jerusalem, where he ever afterwards resided (2 Samuel 9 ). </p> <p> When David was a fugitive, according to the story of [[Ziba]] (2 Samuel 16:1-4 ) Mephibosheth proved unfaithful to him, and was consequently deprived of half of his estates; but according to his own story, however (19:24-30), he had remained loyal to his friend. After this incident he is only mentioned as having been protected by David against the vengeance the [[Gibeonites]] were permitted to execute on the house of Saul (21:7). He is also called Merib-baal (1 Chronicles 8:34; 9:40 ). (See [[Ziba]] .) </p> <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Mephibosheth'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/mephibosheth.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li> | |||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16705" /> == | |||
<p> A son of Jonathan, also called Merib-baal, 1 Chronicles 8:34 . See 2 Samuel 4:4 , and his nurse was in such consternation at the news, that she let the child fall; and from this accident he was lame all his life. When [[David]] found himself in peaceable possession of the kingdom, he sought for all that remained of the house of Saul, that he might show them kindness, in consideration of the friendship between him and Jonathan. He gave [[Mephibosheth]] the estate of his grandfather Saul. Of a part of this, however, he was afterwards deprived by the treachery of his steward Zeba, and the hasty injustice, as it appears, of David towards and unfortunate but noble and loyal prince, 2 Samuel 9:1-13 16:1-4 19:24-30 . David subsequently took care to exempt him from the number of the descendants of [[Saul]] given up to the vengeance of the Gibeonites, 2 Samuel 21:1-14 , though another Mephibosheth, a son of Saul was slain, 2 Samuel 21:8 . </p> | |||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70503" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70503" /> == | ||
<p> [[Mephibosheth]] (me-phĭb'o-shĕth), end of shame or abasement. 1. The son of [[Jonathan]] and grandson of Saul, 2 Samuel 4:4; also called "Meribbaal"= contender against Baal. 1 Chronicles 8:34; 1 Chronicles 9:40. He was only about five years of age when his father was slain, and on the news of this catastrophe the nurse who had charge of him, apprehending that the whole house of [[Saul]] would be exterminated, fled away with him; but in her flight stumbled with the child, and lamed him for life. [[David]] made provision for Mephibosheth and his family. 2 Samuel 9:9-13; 2 Samuel 16:1-4; 2 Samuel 19:24-30. 2. A son of Saul by his concubine Rizpah. 2 Samuel 21:8. </p> | <p> [[Mephibosheth]] (me-phĭb'o-shĕth), end of shame or abasement. 1. The son of [[Jonathan]] and grandson of Saul, 2 Samuel 4:4; also called "Meribbaal"= contender against Baal. 1 Chronicles 8:34; 1 Chronicles 9:40. He was only about five years of age when his father was slain, and on the news of this catastrophe the nurse who had charge of him, apprehending that the whole house of [[Saul]] would be exterminated, fled away with him; but in her flight stumbled with the child, and lamed him for life. [[David]] made provision for Mephibosheth and his family. 2 Samuel 9:9-13; 2 Samuel 16:1-4; 2 Samuel 19:24-30. 2. A son of Saul by his concubine Rizpah. 2 Samuel 21:8. </p> | ||
== | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48134" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Saul]] had a son of this name, and so had [[Jonathan]] his son, (2 Samuel 4:4 and 2 Samuel 21:8-9) His name signifies reproach from the mouth, from Pe, a mouth—and Bosh, shame. It is thought by some, that the proper name of Jonathan's son was Merib-baal, (see 1 Chronicles 8:34) and that his name was changed to Mephibosheth, because the [[Israelites]] were cautious of using the name of Baal. [[Idolatry]] was not then so much in fashion, as in the after days of the kings of Israel. But this point cannot be ascertained. </p> | ||
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_198057" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_198057" /> == | ||
<p> 2 Samuel 9:6 (c) This interesting person has been taken as a type of all those whose walk is imperfect, their way of life is crooked, but they heard the call of the Lord, came to Him, were forgiven, were brought into His family, and their crooked feet were hidden under the table of His bounty, grace and mercy. This is such a wonderful type of the [[Saviour]] receiving the sinner, that the [[Queen]] of [[England]] recommended to [[Charles]] Stanley that he carry this message to all the armed forces. </p> | <p> 2 Samuel 9:6 (c) This interesting person has been taken as a type of all those whose walk is imperfect, their way of life is crooked, but they heard the call of the Lord, came to Him, were forgiven, were brought into His family, and their crooked feet were hidden under the table of His bounty, grace and mercy. This is such a wonderful type of the [[Saviour]] receiving the sinner, that the [[Queen]] of [[England]] recommended to [[Charles]] Stanley that he carry this message to all the armed forces. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42281" /> == | |||
2 Samuel 9:12 Samuel 4:41 Chronicles 8:342 Samuel 16:12 Samuel 19:122 Samuel 21:1-9 | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6058" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6058" /> == | ||
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