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2 Samuel 9:1 open_in_new
kindness. grace, favour, or lovingkindness.
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2 Samuel 9:3 open_in_new
any. a man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. lame. Compare 2 Samuel 4:4.
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2 Samuel 9:4 open_in_new
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Lo-debar. no pasture. Where the sinner is until found by God. s free grace.
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2 Samuel 9:6 open_in_new
Mephibosheth. Born in 965 (2 Samuel 4:4). Now seventeen, and father of. young son (2 Samuel 9:12).
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2 Samuel 9:7 open_in_new
thy father's sake. So with God's grace to us; not for the sake of the lost one.
Saul thy father. Saul thy grandfather.
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2 Samuel 9:8 open_in_new
What... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
a dead dog. Self-abasement is ever the result of grace shown.
I am. So the sinner is concerned about what he is, rather than what he has done. Compare Isaiah 6:5.Luke 5:8.
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2 Samuel 9:12 open_in_new
Mephibosheth. Note the Figure of speech Epanadiplosis (App-6) in this verse: being repeated at the beginning of the next verse.
was. he was.