2 Samuel 21:7

World English Bible (2000)

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Yahweh'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 deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there be in me iniquity, kill 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 Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth."
  • 1 Sam 23:18 : 18 They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.
  • 2 Sam 4:4 : 4 Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame of 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 it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
  • 2 Sam 9:10 : 10 You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in [the fruits], that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
  • 1 Sam 20:17 : 17 Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
  • 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh, saying, 'Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.'" He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
  • 2 Sam 16:4 : 4 Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that pertains to Mephibosheth is yours." Ziba said, "I do obeisance. Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king."
  • 2 Sam 19:25 : 25 It happened, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?"
  • 2 Sam 9:7 : 7 David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; 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. You shall eat bread at my table continually."

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  • 2 Sam 9:1-7
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    78%

    1 David said, "Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"

    2 There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" He said, "Your servant is he."

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

    4 The king said to him, "Where is he?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar."

    5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.

    6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. David said, "Mephibosheth." He answered, "Behold, your servant!"

    7 David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; 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. You shall eat bread at my table continually."

  • 2 Sam 21:8
    78%

    8 But 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 bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

  • 2 Sam 4:4
    75%

    4 Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame of 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 it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

  • 1 Sam 19:4-7
    4 verses
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    4 Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, "Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;

    5 for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?"

    6 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, "As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death."

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

  • 2 Sam 21:6
    75%

    6 let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh." The king said, "I will give them."

  • 2 Chr 21:7
    74%

    7 However Yahweh would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.

  • 2 Sam 9:9-13
    5 verses
    73%

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

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

    11 Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your shall servant do." So Mephibosheth ate at the king's table, like one of the king's sons.

    12 Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All that lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

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

  • 2 Sam 21:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);

    3 and David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? And with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?"

  • 2 Sam 7:15
    72%

    15 but my loving kindness 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%

    21 Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house."

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

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

    15 but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth."

    16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "Yahweh will require it at the hand of David's enemies."

  • 1 Sam 20:42
    72%

    42 Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh, saying, 'Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.'" He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

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

    29 The king said to him, "Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land."

    30 Mephibosheth said to the king, "Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house."

  • 1 Sam 14:45
    72%

    45 The people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day!" So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn't die.

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

    23 The king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." The king swore to him.

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

    25 It happened, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?"

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 24:10
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 14:39
    71%

    39 For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.

  • 2 Sam 16:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 The king said, "Where is your master's son?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.'"

    4 Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that pertains to Mephibosheth is yours." Ziba said, "I do obeisance. Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king."

  • 1 Sam 20:3
    71%

    3 David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."

  • 1 Kgs 2:7
    71%

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

  • 2 Sam 21:12
    71%

    12 David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa;

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

    17 He said to him, "Don't be afraid; 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."

    18 They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    70%

    8 Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there be in me iniquity, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?"

  • 1 Sam 20:13
    70%

    13 Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.

  • 1 Sam 26:9
    70%

    9 David said to Abishai, "Don't destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be guiltless?"

  • 2 Sam 1:22
    70%

    22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan's bow didn't turn back. Saul's sword didn't return empty.

  • 1 Sam 20:32
    69%

    32 Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"

  • 1 Sam 26:23
    69%

    23 Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed.