And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. This is mentioned as a reason for his being considered, according to Oriental notions, unfit for exercising the duties of sovereignty.