Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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2 Samuel
Book: 2 Samuel
Chapter: 9
Overview:
David sends for
Mephibosheth.
(1-8) And provides for him.
(9-13)
1-8 Amidst numerous affairs we are apt to forget the gratitude
we owe, and the engagements we are under, not only to our
friends, but to
God himself. Yet persons of real
Godliness will
have
No Rest till they have discharged them. And the most proper
objects of kindness and
Charity, frequently will not be found
without inquiry.
Jonathan was
David's sworn friend, therefore he
shows kindness to his son
Mephibosheth.
God is
Faithful to us;
let us not be unfaithful to one another. If
Providence has
raised us, and our friends and their families are brought low,
we must look upon that as giving us the fairer opportunity of
being kind to them.
9-13 As
David was a
Type of
Christ, his
Lord and Son, his Root
and Offspring, let his kindness to
Mephibosheth remind us of the
kindness and
Love of
God our
Saviour to fallen
Man, to whom he
was under
No obligation, as
David was to
Jonathan. The Son of
God seeks this lost and ruined race, who sought not after him.
He comes to seek and to save them!