2 Samuel 9:13

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וּמְפִיבֹ֗שֶׁתand Mephibosheth

  umefivoshetH4648 →18 times

• יֹשֵׁב֙[was] dwelling

  yoshevH3427 →1079 times

• בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םin Jerusalem

  birushalimH3389 →643 times

• כִּ֣יfor

  kiH3588 →4482 times

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• שֻׁלְחַ֥ן[the] table of

  shulchanH7979 →71 times

• הַמֶּ֛לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• תָּמִ֖ידcontinually

  tamidH8548 →104 times

• ה֣וּאhe

  hu'H1931 →1879 times

• אֹכֵ֑ל[was] eating

  ʾokhelH398 →810 times

• וְה֥וּאand he

  vehu'H1931 →1879 times

• פִסֵּ֖חַ[was] lame

  piseachH6455 →14 times

• שְׁתֵּ֥י[the] two

  sheteiH8147 →768 times

• רַגְלָֽיו׃ פfeet his

  raglavH7272 →247 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  2 Samuel 9:7

  “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you…

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 9:1

    Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”

  • 2 Samuel 9:3

    So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”

  • 2 Samuel 19:28

    For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have…

  • 1 Kings 2:7

    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

  • Luke 1:29–30

    Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.

• Through

  2 Samuel 9:3

  So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 4:4

    And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up…

  • Titus 3:3–4

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

  • Deuteronomy 10:15

    Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.