King David’s Faithfulness to Jonathan and Kindness to Mephibosheth (A story of Thanksgiving by Tofey Leon)
I suppose some of you, maybe even many of you are not familiar with the name Mephibosheth. Well, there are actually two Mephibosheth’s mentioned in Scripture. The older one was a son of King Saul, the brother of Jonathan. He is written about in 2 Samuel 21. The younger Mephibosheth, whose story I wish to discuss, is first mentioned in 2 Samuel 4:4. Along with King David, he is a central character in the historical narrative told in 2 Samuel 9. It is as follows:
2 Samuel 9