撒母耳记下 9:1

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

大衛厚待米非波設大衛問：“掃羅家還有剩下的人沒有？我要因約拿單的緣故，以慈愛待他。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
大 卫 问 说 ： 扫 罗 家 还 有 剩 下 的 人 没 有 ？ 我 要 因 约 拿 单 的 缘 故 向 他 施 恩 。

Contextual Overview

¹ David asked, "Is anyone still left in Saul's family? I want to show kindness to that person for Jonathan's sake!" ² Now there was a servant named Ziba from Saul's family. So David's servants called Ziba to him. King David said to him, "Are you Ziba?" He answered, "Yes, I am your servant." ³ The king asked, "Is anyone left in Saul's family? I want to show God's kindness to that person." Ziba answered the king, "Jonathan has a son still living who is crippled in both feet." ⁴ The king asked Ziba, "Where is this son?" Ziba answered, "He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar." ⁵ Then King David had servants bring Jonathan's son from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar. ⁶ Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son, came before David and bowed facedown on the floor. David said, "Mephibosheth!" Mephibosheth said, "I am your servant." ⁷ David said to him, "Don't be afraid. I will be kind to you for your father Jonathan's sake. I will give you back all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table." ⁸ Mephibosheth bowed to David again and said, "You are being very kind to me, your servant! And I am no better than a dead dog!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

show him: 2 Samuel 1:26, 1 Samuel 18:1-4, 1 Samuel 20:14-17, 1 Samuel 20:42, 1 Samuel 23:16-18, 1 Kings 2:7, Proverbs 27:10, Matthew 10:42, Matthew 25:40, Mark 9:41, John 19:26, John 19:27, Philemon 1:9-12, 1 Peter 3:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 40:14 - show Joshua 2:14 - when the Lord Ruth 2:20 - hath not 1 Samuel 18:3 - made a covenant 1 Samuel 20:15 - thou shalt 1 Samuel 23:18 - General 2 Samuel 9:7 - for I will 1 Chronicles 19:2 - I will show Proverbs 17:17 - General Proverbs 18:24 - that hath Isaiah 32:8 - the liberal Philemon 1:10 - my son

Cross-References

Genesis 1:22
God blessed them and said, "Have many young ones so that you may grow in number. Fill the water of the seas, and let the birds grow in number on the earth."

Genesis 2:3
God blessed the seventh day and made it a holy day, because on that day he rested from all the work he had done in creating the world.

Genesis 8:17
Bring every animal out of the boat with you—the birds, animals, and everything that crawls on the earth. Let them have many young ones so that they might grow in number."

Genesis 9:3
"Everything that moves, everything that is alive, is yours for food. Earlier I gave you the green plants, but now I give you everything for food.

Genesis 9:4
But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it, because blood gives life.

Genesis 9:7
"As for you, Noah, I want you and your family to have many children, to grow in number on the earth, and to become many."

Genesis 9:19
These three men were Noah's sons, and all the people on earth came from these three sons.

Genesis 10:32
This is the list of the families from the sons of Noah, arranged according to their nations. From these families came all the nations who spread across the earth after the flood.

Genesis 24:60
They blessed Rebekah and said, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of people, and may your descendants capture the cities of their enemies."

Psalms 112:1
Praise the Lord ! Happy are those who respect the Lord , who want what he commands.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David said,.... To some of his courtiers:

is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul? which question was put by him, not in order to destroy them, lest they should disturb his government, as was usual with other princes, and especially such who got their crowns by usurpation; but to prevent any suspicion of that kind in the persons he inquired of, he adds,

that I may show him kindness, for Jonathan's sake? not for Saul's sake, who had been his implacable enemy, though he had sworn to him that he would not cut off his seed; but for Jonathan's sake, his dear friend, whose memory was precious to him. Some of the Jewish writers have thought, because this follows upon the account given of the officers of David, both in his camp and court, that this question was occasioned by a thought that came into his mind, while he was appointing officers, that if there were any of Saul's family, and especially any descendant of Jonathan, that was fit for any post or office, he would put him into one; but this seems to be a long time after David had settled men in his chief offices; for Mephibosheth, after an inquiry found out, was but five years of age when his father was slain, and so but twelve when David was made king over all Israel, and yet now he was married, and had a young son, 2 Samuel 9:12; so that it was a long time after David was established in the kingdom that he thought of this; which is to be imputed to his being engaged so much in war, and having such a multiplicity of business on his hands.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER IX

David inquires after the family of Jonathan, and is informed

of Mephibosheth his son, 1-4.

He sends for him and gives him all the land of Saul, 5-8;

and appoints Ziba the servant of Saul, and his family, to till

the ground for Mephibosheth, 9-13.

NOTES ON CHAP. IX

Verse 2 Samuel 9:1. Is there yet any that is left — David recollecting the covenant made with his friend Jonathan, now inquires after his family. It is supposed that political considerations prevented him from doing this sooner. Reasons of state often destroy all the charities of life.