Mephibosheth

Mentioned in 1017 BC traditional (Jones)

The name of Saul’s son by the concubine Rizpah (q.v.), the daughter of Aiah. He and his brother Armoni were with five others “hanged on a hill before the Lord” by the Gibeonites, and their bodies exposed in the sun for five months (2 Sam. 21:8-10).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father: Saul
Mother: Rizpah
Siblings: Ish-bosheth, Armoni
Half-siblings: Abinadab, Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Merab, Michal
Tagged in: 1 verse

Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
Named in the same verses as Adriel, Aiah, Armoni, Barzillai, Merab, and Rizpah.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1042–992 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

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2 Samuel1

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Mephibosheth 16
KJV	Mephibosheth 15
ASV	Mephibosheth 15

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2 Samuel1 verse

21:8
But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.