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Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son named Mephibosheth. Both of Mephibosheth's feet were hurt. He was five years old when the news that Saul and Jonathan had died came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and ran. But as she hurried to get away, he fell down. That's how his feet were hurt.
Reference
📍 Jezreel 3
People
Hebrew: Yôwnâthân
Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: bar
the heir (apparent to the throne)
Greek: Σαούλ (Saoúl)
Saul (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
Hebrew: Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Hebrew: bar
the heir (apparent to the throne)
Greek: τοὔνομα (toúnoma)
the name (is)
Hebrew: Mᵉphîybôsheth
Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites
Greek: ἀμφότερος (amphóteros)
(in plural) both
Hebrew: shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
Hebrew: Mᵉphîybôsheth
Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites
Greek: ἀδικέω (adikéō)
to be unjust, i.e. (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically)
Hebrew: chăbûwlâh
properly, overthrown, i.e. (morally) crime
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: πέντε (pénte)
"five"
Greek: γέρων (gérōn)
aged
Hebrew: bâleh
worn out
Greek: ἐπάν (epán)
a particle of indefinite contemporaneousness; whenever, as soon as
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: Σαούλ (Saoúl)
Saul (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
Hebrew: Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew: Yôwnâthân
Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites
Greek: ἐγγύς (engýs)
near
Hebrew: Yizrᵉʻêʼl
Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Greek: τροφός (trophós)
a nourisher, i.e. nurse
Hebrew: nûwq
to suckle
Greek: τοῦτον (toûton)
this (person, as objective of verb or preposition)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: εἰ μή (ei mḗ)
if not
Hebrew: ʼăbâl
nay, i.e. truly or yet
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Hebrew: nûwd
to flee
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: πῶς (pōs)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
Hebrew: ʼay
where? hence how?
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Greek: ἀδικέω (adikéō)
to be unjust, i.e. (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically)
Hebrew: chăbûwlâh
properly, overthrown, i.e. (morally) crime
Verse Explanation
Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son named Mephibosheth who was disabled in both feet. When news came of Saul and Jonathan's deaths, his nurse had fled with him, and he was injured during the escape.
History
Mephibosheth would later receive kindness from David.