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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 9:3

王又問:“掃羅家還有人沒有?我要以 神的慈愛待他。”洗巴回答王說:“還有約拿單的一個兒子,他雙腳殘廢了。”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Friendship;   Kindness;   Lo-Debar;   Mephibosheth;   Orphan;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Mephibosheth;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fatherless;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Mephibosheth;   Ziba;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Lo-Debar;   Samuel, Books of;   Ziba;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Samuel, Books of;   Ziba;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mephibosheth ;   Ziba ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonathan;   Rimmon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zi'ba;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Lame;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Kindness;   Lame;   Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
王 说 : 扫 罗 家 还 有 人 没 有 ? 我 要 照   神 的 慈 爱 恩 待 他 。 洗 巴 对 王 说 : 还 有 约 拿 单 的 一 个 儿 子 , 是 瘸 腿 的 。

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

the kindness of God: That is, the highest degree of kindness; as the hail of God is very great hail; the mountains of God exceeding high mountains; besides which, this kindness was according to the covenant of God made between him and Jonathan. Deuteronomy 4:37, Deuteronomy 10:15, 1 Samuel 20:14-17, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 5:45, Luke 6:36, Titus 3:3, Titus 3:4

yet a son: 2 Samuel 4:4, 2 Samuel 19:26

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 2:6 - I also 2 Samuel 9:7 - for I will 2 Samuel 9:13 - was lame

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Have many children; grow in number and fill the earth.
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 9:5
I will demand blood for life. I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will demand the life of anyone who takes another person's life.
Genesis 9:12
And God said, "This is the sign of the agreement between me and you and every living creature that is with you.
Genesis 9:14
When I bring clouds over the earth and a rainbow appears in them,
Genesis 9:15
I will remember my agreement between me and you and every living thing. Floods will never again destroy all life on the earth.
Genesis 9:21
When he drank wine made from his grapes, he became drunk and lay naked in his tent.
Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, looked at his naked father and told his brothers outside.
Genesis 9:25
he said, "May there be a curse on Canaan! May he be the lowest slave to his brothers."
Genesis 9:26
Noah also said, "May the Lord , the God of Shem, be praised! May Canaan be Shem's slave.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said, [is] there not yet any of the house of Saul; that is, remaining or living:

that I may show the kindness of God unto him? great kindness, some large favour or benefit; for the word God added to things, as to trees, mountains, c. serves to set forth the excellency of them and this kindness is in imitation of God, or such as he had sworn in the presence of God to show; and that is expressed in the same language, 1 Samuel 20:14;

and Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son; a son still living;

[which is] lame on [his] feet; on both his feet, as the Targum; of which occasion, 1 Samuel 20:14- :.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 9:3. That I may show the kindness of God unto him? — That is, the utmost, the highest degrees of kindness; as the hail of God, is very great hail, the mountains of God, exceeding high mountains: besides, this kindness was according to the covenant of God made between him and the family of Jonathan.


 
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