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mephibosheth

mephibosheth


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Mephibosheth 
  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  (2  Sam.  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 
 
  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  Sam.  9). 
 
  When  David  was  a  fugitive,  according  to  the  story  of  Ziba  (2 
  Sam.  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  Chr.  8:34;  9:40).  (See  {ZIBA}.) 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Mephibosheth,  out  of  my  mouth  proceeds  reproach