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At the beginning of our chapter we learn that Jonathan had a crippled son named Mephiboshet. Later (chapter 9), we will learn that David had Mephibosheth brought to him by Ziba, a servant of the House of Saul. When Mephibosheth came to David, he prostrated himself, and David said to him, \u201c\u2018Don\u2019t be afraid, for I will keep faith with you for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will give you back all the land of your grandfather Saul; moreover, you shall always eat at my table.\u2019 [Mephibosheth] prostrated himself again, and said, \u2018What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?\u2019\u201d (verses 6-8). And the brief biblical account of Mephibosheth concludes that he \u201clived in Jerusalem, for he ate regularly at the king\u2019s table. He was lame in both feet\u201d (verse 13; see 21:7,compare verse 8).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Talmudic Sages (Berakhot 4a) regard Mephibosheth as the teacher of David, with whom he regularly consulted when making halakhic decisions. David would say: \u201cMy Rabbi, Mephibosheth! Did I correctly adjudicate? Did I correctly convict? Did I correctly acquit? Did I correctly declare clean? Did I correctly declare unclean? And I am not ashamed (boshti) [to ask]\u201d. This is based on a midrashic application of Psalms 119:46 \u201cI will speak of Your decrees in the presence of kings (Mephibosheth was the grandson of King Saul), and I will not be ashamed (lo\u2019 evosh<\/em>)\u201d. The Talmud goes on to say that he was called Mephibosheth because he would cause David to be \u201cashamed\u201d (mevayyesh penay David<\/em>) in matters of Halakhah. But David merited to have a son named Chileab (Kil-Av,\u00a0 see 2 Samuel 3:3), who humiliated (she-hayyah makhlim<\/em>) Mephibosheth in matters of halakhah.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the Gibeonites sought to execute seven of Saul\u2019s male descendants, David \u201cspared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul, because of the oath before the Lord between the two, between David and Jonathan, son of Saul\u201d (21:7). According to the Midrash on this verse (Midrash Shmuel 28:5, see also Talmud Bavli Yevamot 79a, Talmud Yerushalmi Kiddushin 65b), because Mephibosheth was a Torah scholar, David prayed before the Holy Ark and Mephibosheth, the physically handicapped Sage, was saved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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