2 Samuel 4:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth. He was five years old when the news came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed. The woman who cared for Mephibosheth picked him up and ran away. But while running away, she dropped the boy, and he became crippled in both feet.

Cross References

2 Samuel 9:3

The king said, “Is there anyone left in Saul’s family? I want to show God’s kindness to this person.” Ziba said to King David, “Jonathan has a son still living. He is crippled in both feet.”

1 Chronicles 9:40

Jonathan’s son was Merib Baal. Merib Baal was Micah’s father.

1 Chronicles 8:34

Jonathan’s son was Merib Baal. Merib Baal was Micah’s father.

2 Samuel 9:6

Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth came to David and bowed with his face low to the floor. David said, “Mephibosheth?” Mephibosheth said, “Yes sir, it is I, your servant Mephibosheth.”

1 Samuel 29:11

So David and his men got up early in the morning and went back to the country of the Philistines, and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

1 Samuel 29:1

Meanwhile, the Philistines had gathered all of their army camps at Aphek. The Israelites were camped by the spring near Jezreel.

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king protected Jonathan’s son, Mephibosheth. Jonathan was Saul’s son, and David had made a promise in the Lord’s name to Jonathan. So the king did not let them hurt Mephibosheth.

2 Samuel 9:13

Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem. He was crippled in both feet, and every day he ate at the king’s table.

1 Kings 11:17

At the time Hadad was only a young boy. He and some of his father’s servants ran away to Egypt.