2 Samuel 21:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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  • 1 Sam 18:3 : 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
  • 1 Sam 20:8 : 8 Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you: nevertheless, if there is in me iniquity, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?
  • 1 Sam 20:15 : 15 But also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever: no, not when the LORD has cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
  • 1 Sam 23:18 : 18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD; and David abode in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.
  • 2 Sam 4:4 : 4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and as she hurried to flee, he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
  • 2 Sam 9:10 : 10 You therefore, and your sons, and your servants, shall till the land for him, and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall always eat bread at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
  • 1 Sam 20:17 : 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
  • 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
  • 2 Sam 16:4 : 4 Then the king said to Ziba, Behold, yours are all that belonged to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech you that I may find grace in your sight, my lord, O king.
  • 2 Sam 19:25 : 25 And it came to pass, when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?
  • 2 Sam 9:7 : 7 And David said to him, Fear not: for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.

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  • 2 Sam 9:1-7
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    78%

    1And David said, Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

    2And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. And when they called him to David, the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, Your servant is he.

    3And the king said, Is there not still anyone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame in his feet.

    4And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.

    5Then King David sent, and brought him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

    6Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell on his face, and paid homage. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold your servant!

    7And David said to him, Fear not: for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.

  • 2 Sam 21:8
    78%

    8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

  • 2 Sam 4:4
    75%

    4And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and as she hurried to flee, he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

  • 1 Sam 19:4-7
    4 verses
    75%

    4And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good toward you:

    5For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

    6And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, As the LORD lives, he shall not be killed.

    7And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

  • 2 Sam 21:6
    75%

    6Let seven of his descendants be delivered to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose. And the king said, I will give them.

  • 2 Chr 21:7
    74%

    7However, the LORD would not destroy the house of David because of the covenant He had made with David, and as He promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

  • 2 Sam 9:9-13
    5 verses
    73%

    9Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, I have given to your master's son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

    10You therefore, and your sons, and your servants, shall till the land for him, and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall always eat bread at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

    11Then Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so shall your servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.

    12And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

    13So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he continually ate at the king's table; and he was lame in both his feet.

  • 2 Sam 21:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites; and the Israelites had sworn to them. Yet Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for Israel and Judah.)

    3Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

  • 2 Sam 7:15
    72%

    15But my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.

  • 1 Sam 24:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.

    22And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 20:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15But also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever: no, not when the LORD has cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

    16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.

  • 1 Sam 20:42
    72%

    42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

  • 2 Sam 19:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29And the king said to him, Why speak any more of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba divide the land.

    30And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, as long as my lord the king has come again in peace to his own house.

  • 1 Sam 14:45
    72%

    45But the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has brought this great deliverance in Israel? Far be it! As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God today." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

  • 2 Sam 19:23-25
    3 verses
    72%

    23Therefore the king said to Shimei, You shall not die. And the king swore to him.

    24And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

    25And it came to pass, when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    71%

    17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

  • 1 Sam 24:10
    71%

    10Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some urged me to kill you: but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.

  • 1 Sam 14:39
    71%

    39For as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not one of all the people answered him.

  • 2 Sam 16:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he remains at Jerusalem: for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

    4Then the king said to Ziba, Behold, yours are all that belonged to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech you that I may find grace in your sight, my lord, O king.

  • 1 Sam 20:3
    71%

    3And David swore moreover, and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.

  • 1 Kgs 2:7
    71%

    7But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those that eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom your brother.

  • 2 Sam 21:12
    71%

    12And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, who had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa:

  • 1 Sam 23:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17And he said to him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.

    18And they two made a covenant before the LORD; and David abode in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    70%

    8Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you: nevertheless, if there is in me iniquity, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?

  • 1 Sam 20:13
    70%

    13The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will show it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and the LORD be with you, as He has been with my father.

  • 1 Sam 26:9
    70%

    9And David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"

  • 2 Sam 1:22
    70%

    22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

  • 1 Sam 20:32
    69%

    32And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be slain? What has he done?

  • 1 Sam 26:23
    69%

    23The LORD repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed.