It strikes me that how David treats Mephibosheth in chapter 9 is a reflection of how God acted toward David in chapter 7. Just as God remembered his promises to Abraham and Moses and worked them out through David in the process making even more generous and good promises to David, so David remembered his promise to Jonathan and worked them out through his goodness and generosity to Mephibosheth.
David experienced God’s grace and his response was to pass it on to Mephibosheth. David recognized that he was blessed in order to be a blessing.
See any application for today?
Kip
It’s pretty cool to see how David still lives up to his promises to Jonathan even though Jonathan has long since been dead. That just really goes to show how much love David had for Jonathan, in life and in death.