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2 Samuel
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David said, “Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” See also: 1 Samuel 20:42Mark 9:41Matthew 25:40There was of Saul’s house a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He said, “I am your servant.” See also: 2 Samuel 16:1-42 Samuel 19:172 Samuel 19:27-29The king said, “Is there not yet any of Saul’s house, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “Jonathan still has a son, who is lame in his feet.” See also: 2 Samuel 4:4Titus 3:3-4Matthew 5:44-45The 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.” See also: 2 Samuel 17:27-29Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar. Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, fell on his face, and showed respect. David said, “Mephibosheth?” He answered, “Behold, your servant!” See also: 2 Samuel 16:41 Chronicles 9:402 Samuel 19:24-30David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, 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 will eat bread at my table continually.” See also: 2 Samuel 9:11 Kings 2:72 Samuel 19:28He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?” See also: Matthew 15:26-272 Samuel 16:91 Samuel 24:14-15Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s son. See also: 2 Samuel 19:292 Samuel 16:41 Samuel 9:1Till the land for him—you, your sons, and your servants. Bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth your master’s son will always eat bread at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. See also: 2 Samuel 9:72 Samuel 19:282 Kings 25:29Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at the king’s table like one of the king’s sons. See also: 2 Samuel 19:262 Samuel 16:1-42 Samuel 19:17Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All who lived in Ziba’s house were servants to Mephibosheth. See also: 1 Chronicles 8:81 Chronicles 8:34-40Micah 7:5-6So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. He was lame in both his feet. See also: 2 Samuel 9:72 Samuel 9:32 Samuel 9:10-11
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
2 Samuel 9:1
Ver. 1. Saul. David was solicitous only about the descendants of Jonathan, who was the eldest son. The rest he afterwards gave up to be crucified, while he ordered the patrimony of Saul to be given to Miphiboseth, who was now about twenty years old. Salien, A.C. 1058. --- It is rather wonderful that David had not thought of his old friend sooner. But we are not obliged to suppose that he had reigned fifteen years, without being mindful of his repeated promises to Jonathan. 1
K. xx. 42. H. --- This event took place towards the beginning of his reign. C.
↑ 12 Samuel 9:2
Ver. 2. Servant, of free man of Saul, and a convert. Josephus. M. --- Yet he might very well be a Hebrew, who refused to accept his liberty, and continued as superintendent over the rest of his master's house, (v. 10,) like Eleazar, Joseph, (Gen. xxiv. and xxxix.) or the servant of whom our Saviour speaks.
Luke xii. 42. C.
↑ 22 Samuel 9:4
Ver. 4. Lodabar, probably on the east side of the Jordan. C. --- Machir was a powerful man of the tribe of Manasses. M.
↑ 42 Samuel 9:7
Ver. 7. Father, or grandfather. H. --- It is thought that all his goods had been confiscated, in consequence of Isboseth's assuming the regal dignity. C. ---
David might give the property to whom he pleased. M. --- Always. This was a mark of the greatest distinction. Luke xxii. 30.
The Romans sometimes made their slaves free, in this manner, per mensam.
C.
↑ 72 Samuel 9:9
Ver. 9. Son, Miphiboseth. Some understand less correctly, (C.) "I have given to Micha, the son of Miphiboseth, all that belonged to Saul; and, as for Miphiboseth, I give him my table."
Munster. Vatab. Salien. M. --- Saul's patrimony might be administered by Siba, to support Micha. D.
↑ 92 Samuel 9:10
Ver. 10. Servants under him, though all belonged to Miphiboseth. H.
↑ 102 Samuel 9:11
Ver. 11. My table, if the king was pleased so to order. Sanchez. --- It would seem that Siba did not properly understand the king. C. --- The Sept. Syr. and Arab. read, perhaps more correctly u,
"his," instead o i, "my table," in shulchani. "And Memphibosthai ate at David's table, as one,"
&c. H. --- He did not merely eat of the king's table, (v. 13,) but at it, super mensam, as the Heb.
Chal. and Sept. express. M.
↑ 112 Samuel 9:13
Ver. 13. Feet, from five years of age. C. iv. 4. If we add the seven years and a half of his uncle's reign, and suppose that David would take this notice of him, as soon as he had it in his power, after the taking of Jerusalem, we may conclude that he was about thirteen years old when he was presented to the king, and behaved with the most engaging modesty and respect. If he had already a son, (v. 12,) we may allow a few years more. H.
↑ 13License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses