9:1
We now come to a personal interaction of David with Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan. The incident demonstrates the righteousness and mercy of David, and his continued honouring of Jonathan. The account starts with David enquiring as to whether or not there was anyone left in Saul’s household. David wanted to continue to show kindness to the house of Saul for Jonathan’s sake.
9:2,3
Saul had a servant called Ziba who was continuing to look after the house of Saul. So he was summoned to meet David. David asks him if there are any survivors of the house of Saul, fearing that they may have all died as a result of the conflict. Ziba replies that there was still a son of Jonathan, and states that this son was lame in both feet. The significance of the son being lame is that he could not go out to fight with the army, so could not lead a nation, and therefore was no threat to David’s kingdom.
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