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Mephibosheth , in the Bible. 1 Jonathan's lame son to whom David restored Saul's lands. For the relation between the names of this man, see Baal . 2 Son of Saul.

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Mephibosheth On hearing the news of the death of Jonathan ( Mephibosheth's father) and Saul (his grandfather), his nurse dropped the infant Mephibosheth in her haste (2 Sam. 4: 4), after which he was permanently lame. David treated him generously, even when he was implicated in the plot of Absalom to seize the throne (2 Sam. 16: 1–4). It is likely that Meribbaal (1 Chron, 8: 34) is another name for the same person; ‘bosheth’, meaning ‘shame’, was substituted for the objectionable word ‘baal’.

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