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    Mephibosheth (Biblical Hebrew: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת, romanized: Məp̄īḇošeṯ, also called Meribaal, מְרִיב־בַּעַל‎, Mərīḇ-Baʻal), or Miphibosheth, was the son of...
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    Armoni and Mephibosheth are named in the Hebrew Bible as the two sons of Saul by his concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah. After Saul's death, they were...
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    Saul's grandson, Mephibosheth. Ziba is mentioned in three places. In 2 Samuel 9, David speaks to him and tells him how Mephibosheth will be his master...
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  • 9:4,5). Lo-debar was also considered a ghetto town in biblical times. Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan was living in Lo-debar at the house of Machir, son of...
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    tells him about Mephibosheth. David informs Mephibosheth that he will live in his household and eat at his table, and Mephibosheth moves to Jerusalem...
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    concubine named Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, who bore him two sons, Armoni and Mephibosheth. Saul died at the Battle of Mount Gilboa, and was buried in Zelah, in...
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  • Ephraimite, whose narrative features in Judges 17 and Judges 18 Micah son of Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul, the first king of Israel (1 Chronicles 9:40)...
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  • Melech Melita Melzar Memphis Memucan Menahem Menan Mene Meonenim Mephaath Mephibosheth Merab Meraioth Merari Mered Meremoth Meres Meribah Meribaal Merodach...
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    "shame". Eshbaʿal became Ish-bosheth[citation needed] and Meribaʿal became Mephibosheth,[original research?] but other possibilities also occurred. Gideon's...
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    Aiah, and one of Saul's concubines. She was the mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 3:7; 21:8–11). After the death of Saul, according to the Bible...
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    Shimei, son of Shemida, son of Ba'anah, son of Elah, son of Micah, son of Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, son of Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror...
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    seven signalling the sign of completion. David handed over Armoni and Mephibosheth, two of the sons of Saul and the five sons of Merab (Saul's daughter)...
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    speaks to Ziba (9:2–5) C. Mephibosheth does obeisance (9:6) D. David fulfills his covenant with Jonathan (9:7) C'. Mephibosheth does obeisance (9:8) B'...
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  • given name of a descendant of Saul (son of Micah, great-grandson of Mephibosheth). In the 1990s, Yara (without identifiable etymology or ethnic connection)...
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    with those of his father and moved to Zelah. Jonathan was the father of Mephibosheth, to whom David showed special kindness for Jonathan's sake (2 Samuel...
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  • Ishba'al, man of ba'al. Jerubbeshet, from Jerubbaal "Ba'al contends" Mephibosheth, from Mephibaal "from the mouth of Ba'al" Yam is the Canaanite god of...
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  • report (Numbers 14:37). The father of Machir of Lo-debar, in whose house Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan resided (2 Samuel 9:4, 5; 17:27). The father of Bathsheba...
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    as is also found in the names of Saul's son Ish-bosheth and grandson Mephibosheth. As is the pattern throughout the Book of Judges, the Israelites again...
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    names which invoked the names of foreign gods (cf. instances for Baal, Mephibosheth and Ish-bosheth). Jezebel is introduced into the biblical narrative as...
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    to David, after Jonathan's death, graciously seating Jonathan's son Mephibosheth at his own royal table instead of eradicating the former king Saul's...
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  • (Numbers 13:12; 14:37). The father of Machir of Lo-debar in whose house Mephibosheth resided (2 Samuel 9:4–5; 17:27). See Eliam One of the sons of Obed-edom...
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  • and Eshbaal. The genealogy continues with Jonathan's son Meribaal (Mephibosheth). David is not mentioned as part of this genealogy. The genealogy then...
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    reconciliation. The Old Testament precedent for this term comes from the story of Mephibosheth, who despite not being part of Davidic family was included in the Royal...
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    sons of Michal the daughter of Saul", though he spares Sauls grandson Mephibosheth. More wars take place. 2 Samuel 23 names and praises several of David's...
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  • second of Micah's four sons 1 Chronicles 8:35), and thus grandson of Mephibosheth. Also related to a southwest Asian god, see Melech Probably a Persian...
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    made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth. "Mephibosheth": written as "Merib-Baal" in 1 Chronicles 8:34; 9:40. The two...
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    traveled with for two years had a message that spoke about that story of Mephibosheth in 2 Samuel. His message moved me so much that I fell in love with that...
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    battles and subdues his enemies. In Book IX, David finds Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth, restored Saul's inheritance to him, and permits him to live within the...
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    total of forty years, which agrees with Acts 13:21. Saul's grandson, Mephibosheth, was five years old at Saul's death (2 Samuel 4:4). Saul chose him three...
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  • Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchishua, Ish-bosheth, Ishvi, Armani, Irmia, and Mephibosheth. Saul's daughters were named Merab and Michal. According to Tadhkirat...
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