The Meaning of 2 Samuel 9:13 Explained

2 Samuel 9:13

KJV: So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

YLT: And Mephibosheth is dwelling in Jerusalem, for at the table of the king he is eating continually, and he is lame of his two feet.

Darby: So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat continually at the king's table. And he was lame on both his feet.

ASV: So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat continually at the king's table. And he was lame in both his feet.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So Mephibosheth  dwelt  in Jerusalem:  for he did eat  continually  at the king's  table;  and was lame  on both  his feet. 

What does 2 Samuel 9:13 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 9:1-13 - Kindness For Jonathan's Sake
This poor cripple at Lodebar never supposed that David would show him favor. Did he not belong to the rejected house of Saul? What could he expect from one whom his grandfather had hunted like a partridge on the mountains? Besides, his lameness made him unfit for court-life. We, like him, are the children of an apostate race; we have neither beauty nor worth to commend us. We may class together those two sentences: "What is thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am?" and, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord," 2 Samuel 9:8 and Luke 5:8.
But Mephibosheth had been included in a covenant. He might be unaware of it, but David could not forget, 1 Samuel 20:14-16. For the sake of the beloved Jonathan, David treated his son as a blood-relation. Nothing in the course of events could alter the sacred word that David had sworn to his departed friend. Our own case is similar. We were chosen in Christ before the world began, predestined to be sons, included in the covenant between the Father and our Surety. Let us join with Paul in Ephesians 1:3. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 9

1  David by Ziba sends for Mephibosheth
7  For Jonathan's sake he restores to him all that was Saul's
9  He makes Ziba his farmer

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 9:13 mean?

So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem for at table of the king continually he ate and he was lame [in the] two of his feet -
וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁת יֹשֵׁב֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם כִּ֣י עַל־ שֻׁלְחַ֥ן הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ תָּמִ֖יד ה֣וּא אֹכֵ֑ל וְה֥וּא פִסֵּ֖חַ שְׁתֵּ֥י רַגְלָֽיו פ

וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁת  So  Mephibosheth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת 
Sense: grandson of Saul and son of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Saul’s concubine; he and his brother Armoni were among the 7 victims surrendered by David to the Gibeonites to avert a famine.
יֹשֵׁב֙  dwelt 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם  in  Jerusalem 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
עַל־  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שֻׁלְחַ֥ן  table 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֻׁלְחָן  
Sense: table.
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ  of  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
תָּמִ֖יד  continually 
Parse: Adverb
Root: תָּמִיד  
Sense: continuity, perpetuity, to stretch.
אֹכֵ֑ל  ate 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
וְה֥וּא  and  he 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
פִסֵּ֖חַ  was  lame 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: פִּסֵּחַ  
Sense: lame.
שְׁתֵּ֥י  [in  the]  two 
Parse: Number, fdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
רַגְלָֽיו  of  his  feet 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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