Thematic Bible: A type of the redeemed sinner
Thematic Bible
Mephibosheth » A type of the redeemed sinner » During the king's absence lived a life of self-denial
Mephibosheth » A type of the redeemed sinner » Living in exile from the king, remembered because of a covenant
And the king will say, Is there not yet a man to the house of Saul? and I will do with him the mercy of God. And Ziba will say to the king, Yet a son to Jonathan, smitten of the feet And the king will say to him, Where is he? And Ziba will say to the king, Behold him in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, from Lo-De-bar.
And not only while yet I live and wilt thou not do the mercy of Jehovah with me, and I shall not die. And thou shalt not cut off thy mercy from my house, even forever: and not in Jehovah's cutting off the enemies of David a man from the face of the earth.
Mephibosheth » A type of the redeemed sinner » Subject to persecution and slander
And he will slander against thy servant to my lord the king; and my lord the king as a messenger of God: and do thou the good in thine eyes.
And the king will say, And where the son of thy lord? And Ziba will say to the king: Behold, he will dwell in Jerusalem: for he said, This day the house of Israel will turn back to me the kingdom of my father.
Mephibosheth » A type of the redeemed sinner » Called into the king's presence and exalted because of the merits of another
And David will say to him, Thou shalt not fear, for doing, I will do with thee mercy for sake of Jonathan thy father; and I turned back to thee all the field of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread upon my table always.
And king David will send and take him from the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, from Lo-Debar.
Mephibosheth » A type of the redeemed sinner » Rejoiced at the return of his lord - cared little for material things
And Mephibosheth will say to the king, Also he shall take all, after that my lord the king came in peace to his house.
Mephibosheth » A type of the redeemed sinner » During the king's absence lived a life of self-denial
And Mephibosheth son of Saul, came down to the meeting of the king, and he did not his feet, and he did not his beard, and his garments he washed not from the day the king went till the day in which he came in peace.
Mephibosheth » A type of the redeemed sinner » Belonged to a royal line, but made a cripple by a fall
And to Jonathan, Saul's son, a son smitten in the feet: he was the son of five years in the news coming of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, and his nurse will lift him up and flee: and it will be in her springing up to flee, and he will fall, and he will be lame: and his name Mephibosheth.
Mephibosheth » A type of the redeemed sinner » Given a glorious inheritance
And the king will call for Ziba the boy of Saul, and say to him, All which was to Saul and to all his house I gave to the son of thy lord.