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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_samuel/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />David asked, &#8220Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan&#8217s sake?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />One day David asked, “Is anyone in Saul’s family still alive—anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_samuel/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then David said, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul, so that I could show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then David said, &#8220Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan&#8217s sake?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then David said, “Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then David said, “Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him lovingkindness for Jonathan’s sake?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house (family) of Saul to whom I may show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />David asked, “Is there anyone remaining from the family of Saul I can show kindness to for Jonathan’s sake? ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />David asked, &#8220Is there anyone remaining from Saul&#8217s family I can show kindness to because of Jonathan?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />One day, David thought, "I wonder if any of Saul's family are still alive. If they are, I will be kind to them, because I made a promise to Jonathan." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />David asked, "Is there anyone left in Saul's family to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />One day David asked, "Is there anyone left of Saul's family? If there is, I would like to show him kindness for Jonathan's sake." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Later on, David asked, "Is there anyone left alive from Saul's household to whom I can show gracious love in memory of Jonathan?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then David asked, ?Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then David asked, "Is anyone still left from the family of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />David said, "Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />David said, “Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And David says, “Is there yet any left of the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And David saith, 'Is there yet any left to the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And David will say, Is there yet any which was left to the house of Saul? and I will do with him mercy for sake of Jonathan.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And David said, “Do you think that there could be anyone left from the house of Saul, so that I might show mercy to him because of Jonathan?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />David asked, “Is there any survivor of Saul’s house to whom I may show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />David asked, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I may show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND David said, Is there yet any one left of the house of Saul, that I may show kindness to him for Jonathan's sake?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And David said: “Is there now a man who is left from those of the house of Shaul? I shall do kindness for him because of Jonathan”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And David said: 'Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And David said, Is there yet any one left in the house of Saul, that I may deal kindly with him for Jonathan's sake?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/9-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=2173" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/9.htm">David and Mephibosheth</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">Then David</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: hă·ḵî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">asked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426: yeš- (Adv) -- Being, substance, existence, is. ">“Is there</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3498.htm" title="3498: nō·w·ṯar (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve.">anyone left</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇêṯ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">from the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/7586.htm" title="7586: šā·’ūl (N-proper-ms) -- Passive participle of sha'al; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites.">of Saul</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">to whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">I can show</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥe·seḏ (N-ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">kindness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5668.htm" title="5668: ba·‘ă·ḇūr (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or rabur; passive participle of abar; properly, crossed, i.e. transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that.">for the sake</a> <a href="/hebrew/3083.htm" title="3083: yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān (N-proper-ms) -- From Yhovah and nathan; Jehovah-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites.">of Jonathan?”</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/20-14.htm">1 Samuel 20:14-17</a></span><br />And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die, / and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.” / So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/18-3.htm">1 Samuel 18:3</a></span><br />Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/20-42.htm">1 Samuel 20:42</a></span><br />And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/23-18.htm">1 Samuel 23:18</a></span><br />So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/4-4.htm">2 Samuel 4:4</a></span><br />And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/24-21.htm">1 Samuel 24:21-22</a></span><br />So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.” / So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/9-1.htm">1 Samuel 9:1</a></span><br />Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-2.htm">1 Samuel 31:2</a></span><br />The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/21-7.htm">2 Samuel 21:7</a></span><br />Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-7.htm">1 Kings 2:7</a></span><br />But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-23.htm">Genesis 21:23</a></span><br />Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-49.htm">Genesis 24:49</a></span><br />Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/47-29.htm">Genesis 47:29</a></span><br />When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/2-20.htm">Ruth 2:20</a></span><br />Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-7.htm">Matthew 5:7</a></span><br />Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?</p><p class="hdg">shew him</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/1-26.htm">2 Samuel 1:26</a></b></br> I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/18-1.htm">1 Samuel 18:1-4</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/20-14.htm">1 Samuel 20:14-17,42</a></b></br> And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-29.htm">Family</a> <a href="/judges/15-6.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-29.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-4.htm">Jonathan</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-22.htm">Jonathan's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-15.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-21.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-15.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-23.htm">Saul's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-6.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-8.htm">Show</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/9-2.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-9.htm">Family</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-3.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-3.htm">Jonathan</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-26.htm">Jonathan's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-3.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-7.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-2.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-2.htm">Saul's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-3.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-3.htm">Show</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-1.htm">David by Ziba sends for Mephibosheth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-7.htm">For Jonathan's sake he restores to him all that was Saul's</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/9-9.htm">He makes Ziba his farmer</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then David asked</b><br>David, now established as king over Israel, demonstrates his character by seeking to fulfill a promise. This inquiry reflects his desire to act with integrity and loyalty, qualities that are central to his reign. David's question initiates a narrative that highlights themes of covenant faithfulness and mercy.<p><b>“Is there anyone left from the house of Saul</b><br>The house of Saul, once a powerful dynasty, has been largely decimated due to Saul's disobedience and subsequent downfall. David's inquiry about Saul's descendants is significant because it was customary for new dynasties to eliminate the previous king's family to secure their own rule. However, David's approach is countercultural, emphasizing grace over vengeance.<p><b>to whom I can show kindness</b><br>The Hebrew word for "kindness" here is "chesed," which denotes steadfast love, mercy, and covenant loyalty. This reflects God's own character and His covenantal love for His people. David's desire to show kindness is a reflection of God's kindness, and it sets a precedent for how leaders should treat others, even former rivals.<p><b>for the sake of Jonathan?”</b><br>Jonathan, Saul's son, was David's close friend and ally. They shared a covenant of friendship and loyalty (<a href="/1_samuel/18-3.htm">1 Samuel 18:3</a>; 20:14-17). David's actions are motivated by this covenant, demonstrating the enduring nature of promises made before God. This also prefigures the New Testament concept of grace extended to us for the sake of Christ, our mediator and friend.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The King of Israel, known for his heart after God and his covenant friendship with Jonathan, Saul's son.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_saul.htm">House of Saul</a></b><br>The family and descendants of Saul, the first king of Israel, who had fallen out of favor with God and was succeeded by David.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonathan.htm">Jonathan</a></b><br>The son of Saul and a close friend of David, with whom David had made a covenant of friendship and loyalty.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>David's inquiry about the house of Saul reflects his commitment to the covenant he made with Jonathan. This teaches us the importance of honoring our commitments and promises, even when circumstances change.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/k/kindness_and_mercy.htm">Kindness and Mercy</a></b><br>David's desire to show kindness is a reflection of God's own mercy and kindness towards us. As believers, we are called to extend grace and kindness to others, especially those who may not expect it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_friendship.htm">Legacy of Friendship</a></b><br>The relationship between David and Jonathan serves as a model for godly friendships that are rooted in love, loyalty, and mutual respect. We should strive to build and maintain such relationships in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_opportunities_to_bless.htm">Seeking Opportunities to Bless</a></b><br>David actively seeks out someone to bless for Jonathan's sake. This challenges us to look for opportunities to bless others, especially those who are in need or marginalized.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_2_samuel_9_1_historically_verifiable.htm">In 2 Samuel 9:1, how is it historical or archaeologically verifiable that no one else knew of Saul’s surviving heir except David’s court? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_mention_lo-debar_in_2_samuel_9_4.htm">Why does 2 Samuel 9:4 specify Lo-debar as Mephibosheth’s hiding place if there is no clear extra-biblical record of such a location or its significance? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_mephibosheth_in_the_bible.htm">Who is Mephibosheth in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_this_mindset_present_in_you.htm">What does 'How the mighty have fallen' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul?</span> As Mephibosheth was five years old at his father's death (<a href="/2_samuel/4-4.htm">2 Samuel 4:4</a>), but now had a son (ver. 12), a sufficient time must have elapsed for him to grow up and marry; so that probably the events of this chapter occurred seventeen or eighteen years after the battle of Gilboa. As David was king at Hebron for seven years and a half, he had been king now of all Israel for about nine years. But during this long period he had been engaged in a weary struggle, which had left him little repose, and during which it might have been dangerous to draw the house of Saul out of obscurity. But he was at last firmly established on the throne, and had peace all around; and the time was come to act upon the promise made to Jonathan (<a href="/1_samuel/20-14.htm">1 Samuel 20:14, 15</a>), and which we may be sure David had never forgotten. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/9-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">asked,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Is there</span><br /><span class="heb">יֶשׁ־</span> <span class="translit">(yeš-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3426.htm">Strong's 3426: </a> </span><span class="str2">Being, substance, existence, is</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anyone left</span><br /><span class="heb">נוֹתַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(nō·w·ṯar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> </span><span class="str2">To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the house</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבֵ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Saul</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁא֑וּל</span> <span class="translit">(šā·’ūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7586.htm">Strong's 7586: </a> </span><span class="str2">Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to whom</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמּוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I can show</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">kindness</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶ֔סֶד</span> <span class="translit">(ḥe·seḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the sake</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲב֖וּר</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·ḇūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5668.htm">Strong's 5668: </a> </span><span class="str2">Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jonathan?”</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3083.htm">Strong's 3083: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jonathan -- 'the LORD has given', the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/9-1.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 9:1 David said Is there yet any who (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 8:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 8:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/9-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 9:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 9:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>