Mephibosheth
Mephibosheth (Biblical Hebrew: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת, Məfīḇōšeṯ, also called Meribaal, מְרִיב־בַּעַל, Mərīḇ-Baʻal), or Miphibosheth, was the son of Jonathan—and, thus, a grandson of Saul—mentioned in the Biblical Books of Samuel[1][2] and Chronicles.
Life
Mephibosheth was five years old when both his father and grandfather died at the
After the accident, Mephibosheth was carried with the rest of his family beyond the Jordan to the mountains of Gilead, where he found refuge in the house of Makhir ben Ammiel, a powerful Gadite or Manassite headman at Lo-debar, not far from Mahanaim, which during the reign of his uncle Ishbosheth was the headquarters of his family.[6]
Some years later, after his accession to the kingship of the
David restored Saul's inheritance to Mephibosheth and permitted him to live within his palace in Jerusalem.
According to 2 Samuel 9:12, 1 Chron 8:34 and 1 Chron 9:40 he had a son called Micah.
Name
He is called Mephibosheth, meaning "from the mouth of shame", in the Books of Samuel while the Books of Chronicles (8:34 and 9:40) call him Meribbaal.[9] Arnold Gottfried Betz and David Noel Freedman argue that Memphibaal, a name preserved in the Lucianic recension may actually be the original name of Jonathan's son, while Meribbaal may originally refer to one of Saul's sons.[9]
There is some scholarly agreement that Mephibosheth replaced Meribbaal (or Memphibaal) in order to conceal the
Footnotes
- ^ Easton 1894, p. 457: 2 Sam. 4:4.
- ^ 2 Samuel 9:12
- ^ a b Easton 1894, p. 457.
- ^ Eerdmans 2000, p. 884.
- ^ Easton 1894, p. 457: 2 Sam. 19:26.
- ^ The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. (James Strong and John McClintock, eds.) Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ 2 Samuel 9:3
- ISBN 9780802490186
- ^ a b Eerdmans 2000, p. 884-885.
References
- ISBN 9783849621865.
- Eerdmans, ISBN 9789053565032.)
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