2 Samuel 9:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Then the king asked, “Is there any survivor of Saul’s house to whom I may show God’s kindness?” Ziba answered the king, “There is still Jonathan’s son, the one whose feet are crippled.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:26

When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why did you not go with me, Meribbaal?”

2 Samuel 19:27

He replied: “My lord king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said to him, ‘Saddle the donkey for me, that I may ride on it and go with the king’; your servant is lame.

2 Samuel 4:4

(Jonathan, son of Saul, had a son with crippled feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; his nurse took him and fled, but in their hasty flight, he fell and became lame. His name was Meribbaal.)

2 Samuel 9:13

But Meribbaal lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table. He was lame in both feet.

2 Samuel 9:7

“Do not be afraid,” David said to him, “I will surely be kind to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. I will restore to you all the lands of Saul your grandfather, and you shall eat at my table always.”

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful. Judging Others.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Yet only on your ancestors did the Lord set his heart to love them. He chose you, their descendants, from all the peoples, as it is today.

Deuteronomy 4:37

For love of your ancestors he chose their descendants after them and by his presence and great power led you out of Egypt,