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2 Samuel 19:24–30, “And 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. And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.”
Mephibosheth who was Jonathan, David’s best friend, son and Saul’s grandson came down to meet David. Even though David had made a contract with Jonathan to care for Jonathan’s family, he still asked Mephibosheth to explain himself. Mephibosheth was disabled as the result of an accident when he was a very young child so he was unable to do much for himself without a lot of help. Ziba had taken advantage of Mephibosheth’s condition hoping to gain favour with David for himself and elevate himself to a much better position. Mephibosheth explained this to David, telling the king about Ziba’s treachery. David decided to reward Ziba for helping him when he fled from Absalom but rewarded Mephibosheth for his loyalty even though he was disabled. Mephibosheth was just glad that David survived the civil was and returned to take his place as the anointed king.
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