Verse 4
2 Samuel 4:4
World English Bible
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Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לִ/יהֽוֹנָתָן֙ בֶּן שָׁא֔וּל בֵּ֖ן נְכֵ֣ה רַגְלָ֑יִם בֶּן חָמֵ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֣ים הָיָ֡ה בְּ/בֹ֣א שְׁמֻעַת֩ שָׁא֨וּל וִ/יהֽוֹנָתָ֜ן מִֽ/יִּזְרְעֶ֗אל וַ/תִּשָּׂאֵ֤/הוּ אֹֽמַנְתּ/וֹ֙ וַ/תָּנֹ֔ס וַ/יְהִ֞י בְּ/חָפְזָ֥/הּ לָ/נ֛וּס וַ/יִּפֹּ֥ל וַ/יִּפָּסֵ֖חַ וּ/שְׁמ֥/וֹ מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת
English Translation
And Jonathan the son of Saul, the son of a crippled man, was five years old when the news of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him and fled, and it happened that in her haste to flee, he fell and became lame, and his name was Mephibosheth.
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