II Samuel 6:1-23
The Ark is Brought to Jerusalem
II Samuel 7:1-17
God Makes a Covenant With David
II Samuel 7:18-29
David’s Thanksgiving to God
II Samuel 8:1-18
David’s Consolidates His Kingdom
II Samuel 9:1-13
David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth
II Samuel 10:1-19
The Ammonites And Syrians Defeated
II Samuel 11:1-17
David’s Sin With Bathsheba
II Samuel 11:18-27
Uriah’s Death Arranged
David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth
II Samuel 9:1–13
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Every election year we have a barrage of “campaign promises,” which we know will be forgotten as soon as the candidates reach office. We don’t even expect them to keep their promises and would be shocked if they did. David is a man who kept his promises. Before he became king he made promises to both Jonathan and Saul. To Saul David promised he would not harm his descendants and to Jonathan he covenanted to show kindness. David is now in a position to carry out his promises.
David summons a former servant of Saul, Ziba and asks if he knows anyone who is still living from the house of Saul. Ziba remembers Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan but notes that he is a handicapped person who has been crippled in both feet from birth (vv. 1-3). He betrays the hiding place of Mephibosheth, and David could have easily killed him (v. 4). Instead, David sends for Mephibosheth, who is living in Lo-debar which is a city east of the Jordan river and beyond Manhanaim. He came with great fear to David, not knowing what the king would do to him. When he presents himself to David, he prostrates himself before him as David’s servant, but David soon calms his fears (vv. 5-8). David speaks kindly to him, calling him by his name and explains the reason he as sent for him.
David promised to restore to Mephibosheth all the land that had been his father’s and also he will make him a regular guest at the palace. David issues orders to Ziba, instructing him that all that once belonged to Saul now belongs to Mephibosheth and should be restored to him. He makes Ziba and his sons the servants of Mephibosheth to help take care of this property that is now his. If it had been another king on the throne he would have no doubt been slain. From this time on, Mephibosheth is David’s honored guest and eats regularly at his table (vv. 9-13).
Application
Like Mephibosheth, I need to recognize my unworthiness to dwell in God’s presence and humbly accept all that He has done for me through His Son.
II Samuel 9:1-13 (English Standard Version)
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