Mephibosheth

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Mephibosheth is a biblical figure, the disabled son of Jonathan and grandson of King Saul, known for receiving unexpected kindness and protection from King David.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mephiboshet 1
Mephibosheth canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
person in the Hebrew Bible
alsoCalled Esh-baal
surface form: Merib-baal
alsoSpelled Mephibosheth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mephiboshet
appearsInBook 2 Samuel
appearsInChapter 2 Samuel 16
2 Samuel 19
2 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 9
associatedWithTheme care for the disabled
covenant faithfulness
royal mercy
ateRegularlyAtTableOf King David
benefitsFromCovenantWith Jonathan
House of Saul
surface form: house of Saul
causeOfDisability fall in childhood
fledFrom Jezreel Valley
surface form: Jezreel
hadLandRestored Saul
surface form: fields of Saul
hadLandRestoredBy King David
hasDisability lameness in both feet
hasFather Jonathan
hasGrandfather King Saul
Saul
hasNurse unnamed nurse
hasServant Ziba
hasSon Mica
hasSons Mica
hasTribe tribe of Benjamin
hebrewName מְפִיבֹשֶׁת
isDescendantOf Kish
Saul
isFromScripturalTradition Bible
surface form: Old Testament
isGrandsonOf Saul
first king of Israel
isLame true
isMemberOf House of Saul
surface form: house of Saul
isProtectedBy Davidic covenant loyalty
languageOfPrimarySources Biblical Hebrew
livedDuringReignOf King David
primarySourceText Masoretic Text
receivedKindnessFrom King David
receivedProtectionFrom King David
residedIn Lo-debar
house of Machir son of Ammiel
servedBy Ziba
summonedBy King David
treatedAs one of the king’s sons

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2 Samuel mainCharacter Mephibosheth
Mephibosheth alsoSpelled Mephibosheth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mephiboshet