Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-17
David's Kindness to
JOnathan's Son
Sunday School Lesson for Oci IS, 1908
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one - ,...,. 49, '.- N.lo 20
one another -'-Eph. f.s2
IlME.-Not far from the middle OF
80 rel-n' ABOUT tHe time OF The close
thlnss mat ..ft ,,,. -,....,,, g., 1890
great sin and was probably one Of the
e1 III 60, or ne ifnts OF DIS repentance.
pfrbosGe-b Il,..t WIS ,rl,.. ,-.',..''' me
saui's SON 1ssboehstb. 6v 49, aii of MS
general Ahnor. bad undertaken to hold
COM aur'ng David re'sn at He
half way between tie De,5 -, ana In, ,ps
Sea OF Gaulce
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
David's Mind Roverts to FORGOTTEN
Duties Overlooked in the great pres
sure of The duties of defending and or
ganizins his Kingdom and building
them mp into material and religious
prosperity.
David had made n LEAGUE of friend
ship with jonathan. SauTs son. which
was TO extend Go their children. All
the affection this prince had lavished
upon David now came back In uu tide
10 prompt him to express his apprecia-
ton of DO by kind deeds t0 some OF the
family lie had also loved Saul him
self AS far as saul was concerned 10
was noble example of doing good &c
enemies. acCord.ug to The prccept OF
Prov. 1881 % and Rom I2:I9-21.
saul had several times tried &c Kill
David. De had driven him into exile.
and hunted him from place to place.
There was a long black chapter OF
wrongs In the past
Tie Finds Mcphibolaeth son OF
Jonathan.-Ziba an officer OF the
house OF saul. reported to David that
a son OF iona han was LIVING in the
home OF Nachir Goo Lo-debar. place
not far from Mahanaim
Meph'bosheth. whose name was or
icinaUv Arerlb baar u ora .---I,,
q Chron S:34. $500. WAS five wears
old O. sam 4.D. when his father Ion
athan and his grandfather Saul were
slain on Mount Guhoa. When the news
came OF their death the boys nurse
took him and Gei toward Jozrccf and
IN her haste lct him fam Hc was so
injured that hc was am his Nlc lame In
both feet. Being five years old az
Sauls death De must have been ~
or - years old when David became
KING over All Israel Whom. therefore.
ne came to court De must have been
80 years old, was married. and had q
little son az. 12). Neph.bosheth. as
the representative OF SauTs eldest son.
had the precedence over Saurs other
erandsons, and was Sauls heir.
Other Accounts % Mephiboshoth.-
See l Chron. S.3ff0; 9-404f: 2 sam.
80; 2l:l, 1914, 19.2f-cO.
Mephihosheths Property Restored.
and Himself Brought Go the Palace
The oriental idea was that an the fam
lily OF rival claimant 90 the throne
should De put 60 death. or removed
from all possibility OF melting an In
surrecuon.
His Inheritance from Saul was re-
stored 20 Mephibosheth. IL must have
been considerable. II was placed un-
der Ziba. a steward, and the revenues
were 10 be sent 10 his master at the
court OF DAVID
Mephibosheth was invited to sit at
the royal table as part OF David's
household. The Syrian missionary,
Rev William Ewing. says IA the Sun
va! 7Oi.ooi i'il,os' W men TWO men
eH1 D4eau 'use''.er' tnls Is me desert
elo. amen. 'ue s.sn ana se@i OF Gov
. Ii'llt =. i.ienuSi.Ii1 4 ie@sue Tot mu-
.uli P'O'e0,lo". ms IS 20 II they eat
Du1 -. iiau Da'iu only on one oc-
os's'oH INV i'eu " epniOosh eth 10 SIT and
- wiz i'-Ii' ne "ouiu thehceIorth
az ne King Hlend'
.ho 9oon.r.s.l u.u DC u provoke
-. .s--.s-..,,,.' an, but
saa,o~., - - ., INC toya' t"ole
60 s+roDao- - "1 ~ =. d ueePsr
sInnan,,s -. 10 ""o ea's con
raSsad ~ oond,.,a oo1iu mas
or .fr,en5. onS ~ 80 so y, '-lSls sues.
Ide,,teod u.,ss a.. 80 49, leusSu as