ow on the throne of Israel, King David remembered his promise to his friend Jonathan. "Does any remain in the house of Jonathan?" he asked.Ziba, a former servant of King Saul, told David that a crippled boy named Mephibosheth lived in Lodebar. When Joab and the Gibborim mounted on warhorses rode into the little village, no one expected to see them stop in front of Mephibosheth's house. The villagers watched two mighty men carry the boy to a waiting...