Now Jonathan, Sauls son, had a son who was lame of his feet He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel and his nurse took him up, and fled and it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame His name was Mephibosheth
शौलाचा मुलगा योनाथान याला मफीबोशेथ नावाचा मुलगा होता. इज्रेलहून शौल आणि योनाथान यांच्या निधनाची बातमी आली तेव्हा हा मफीबोशेथ पाच वर्षांचा होता. शत्रूच्या भीतीने त्याची दाई त्याला घेऊन पळाली. पळापळीत तिच्या हातून तो खाली पडला आणि दोन्ही पायांनी अधू झाला.