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Whenוַיְהִי כִּיhe cameבָאto Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםto meetלִקְרַאתthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Whyלָמָּהdid you notלֹאgoהָלַכְתָּwith me,עִמִּיMephibosheth?”מְפִיבֹשֶׁת
2 Samuel 19:25
Study it in the app“When he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:25, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- he cameבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears- to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- goהָלַכְתָּhalachta
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachta” appears- Mephiboshethמְפִיבֹשֶׁתmefivoshet
Mephibosheth
Mephibosheth, the name of two men of the house of Saul: the son of Jonathan, lame in both feet, to whom David showed loyal love (2 Samuel 4:4; 9), and a son of Saul and Rizpah (2 Samuel 21:8). In 1 Chronicles 8:34 the son of Jonathan is called Merib-baal.
Where else “mefivoshet” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew says “he came to Jerusalem” (or “Jerusalem came”); the meeting takes place when the king returns. The text does not clarify it further.
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
24Mephibosheth, son of Saul, came down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache, and his clothes he had not washed from the day the king went away until the day that he came in peace.
25 · This verse (above)
26He said, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, ‘Let me saddle for myself the donkey, and I will ride on it and go with the king,’ for your servant is lame.