Discovery Box2 Samuel 9:1 
ContextDavid Finds Mephibosheth
9:1 1 Then David asked, “Is anyone still left from the family 2 of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?”
2 Samuel 10:2
Context10:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty 3 to Hanun son of Nahash just as his father was loyal 4 to me.” So David sent his servants with a message expressing sympathy over his father’s death. 5 When David’s servants entered the land of the Ammonites,
1 sn 2 Samuel 9–20 is known as the Succession Narrative. It is a literary unit that describes David’s efforts at consolidating his own kingdom following the demise of King Saul; it also provides the transition to subsequent leadership on the part of David’s successor Solomon.
2 tn Heb “house.”
3 tn Heb “do loyalty.”
4 tn Heb “did loyalty.”
5 tn Heb “and David sent to console him by the hand of his servants concerning his father.”
