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Jonathan and Mephibosheth
How Jonathan and Mephibosheth are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jonathan was a parent of Mephibosheth.
Mephibosheth was Jonathan's son. He was five when news came that Saul and Jonathan had died, and he was lamed when his nurse fled with him.
Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet
2 Samuel 4:4, King James Version
Where they cross: 2 Samuel 4:4
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2 Samuel 4:4
4And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
King James Version