Have you ever thought of the chef mentioned in the Bible? As many people see cooking as a passion or difficult one to manage, those can read about Mephibosheth mentioned in the Book of Samuel. Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan – and thus a grandson of Saul.
Illustration from the Morgan Bible of Mephibosheth kneeling before David. Mephibosheth was five years old when both his father and grandfather died at the Battle of Mount Gilboa. After the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, Mephibosheth’s nurse took him and fled in panic. (2 Samuel 4:4) In her haste, the child fell, or was dropped while fleeing. After that, he was unable to walk.
Some years later, after his accession to the kingship of the United Monarchy, King David sought “someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God” and Mephibosheth was brought to him. David restored Saul’s inheritance to Mephibosheth and permitted him to live within his palace in Jerusalem.
According to 2 Samuel 9:12, 1 Chron 8:34 and 1 Chron 9:40 he had a son called Micah. He is called Mephibosheth, meaning “from the mouth of shame”, in the Books of Samuel while the Books of Chronicles (8:34 and 9:40) call him Meribbaal.