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Jonathan
[People]Jonathan was the eldest son of Saul, the first king of Israel. Recorded in 1 and 2 Samuel, he distinguished himself by his courage in battle against the Philistines and became David's friend, entering into a covenant with him.
Micah (son of Mephibosheth)
[People]Micah was the son of Saul's grandson Mephibosheth (Merib-baal). His name appears in 2 Samuel 9 and in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles 8 and 9, which show that the house of Saul and Jonathan continued through him.
Ziba
[People]Ziba was a servant of the house of Saul who appears in 2 Samuel. He told David about Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, and managed Mephibosheth's land. During Absalom's rebellion, he told David that his master Mephibosheth had betrayed the king.
Mephibosheth
[People]Mephibosheth, the grandson of King Saul and the son of Jonathan, became lame in both feet as a child. He appears in 2 Samuel and is best known for the account in which David, remembering his covenant with Jonathan, received him at the king's table.
Jonathan (Grandson of Moses)
[People]Jonathan was a Levite of the period of the judges who is introduced in Judges 18:30 as "the son of Gershom" and the "grandson of Moses." He became the priest of the household of Micah the Ephraimite and later followed the tribe of Dan, serving as priest at their idolatrous shrine.
Jonathan (son of Abiathar)
[People]Jonathan was the son of Abiathar, a priest in the time of David. During Absalom's rebellion he carried news from Jerusalem to David, and when Adonijah sought the throne he brought word that Solomon had been made king.
1 Samuel 20
[Bible]1 Samuel 20 is the chapter in which Jonathan arranges an arrow signal to learn whether Saul intends to kill David and, once he learns Saul's intent, parts from David in tears.
1 Samuel 14
[Bible]1 Samuel 14 recounts how Jonathan and his armor-bearer attack a Philistine garrison at Michmash, leading Israel to victory. It goes on to describe Saul's rash oath imposing a fast, which nearly costs Jonathan his life until the people rescue him, and closes with a record of Saul's wars and family.
1 Samuel 19
[Bible]1 Samuel 19 recounts how Jonathan and Michal help David when Saul tries to kill him, and how the messengers Saul sends to seize David at Samuel's side, and finally Saul himself, begin to prophesy.
Michal
[People]Michal was the younger daughter of Saul, the first king of Israel, and the first wife of David. She appears in 1 and 2 Samuel and is known for helping David escape from her father Saul and for despising David as he danced before the Ark of the Covenant.
1 Samuel 18
[Bible]1 Samuel 18 recounts how Jonathan comes to love David after his victory over Goliath and makes a covenant with him; how Saul, seeing the people praise David, grows jealous and afraid of him and seeks to harm him; and how Saul ultimately gives his daughter Michal to David as his wife.
Mount Gilboa
[Bible]Mount Gilboa is a mountain ridge southeast of the Jezreel Valley. The Bible records it as the place where King Saul and his sons, including Jonathan, died fighting the Philistines.
2 Samuel 1
[Bible]2 Samuel 1 is the chapter in which David hears of the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, has the Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul put to death, and composes the "Song of the Bow," a lament for the two men.
Armoni
[People]Armoni was the son of King Saul by his concubine Rizpah. During a famine in the reign of David, he was handed over to the Gibeonites and executed along with six other descendants of Saul, including his brother Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 21:8–9).
Michmash
[Bible]Michmash was a town in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It is known as the setting of the battle that Saul and Jonathan fought against the Philistine army in 1 Samuel 13–14.
2 Samuel 9
[Bible]2 Samuel 9 tells how David, remembering his friendship with Jonathan, seeks out Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, who remains of the house of Saul, restores to him all of Saul's land, and has him eat continually at the king's table.
Wilderness of Ziph
[Bible]The Wilderness of Ziph is the wilderness surrounding the town of Ziph in the hill country of Judah. David hid there while Saul pursued him, met Jonathan there for the last time, and there spared Saul's life.
1 Samuel 23
[Bible]1 Samuel 23 is the chapter in which David, pursued by Saul, delivers Keilah from the Philistines, makes a covenant with Jonathan in the wilderness of Ziph, and narrowly escapes capture by Saul in the wilderness of Maon.
1 Chronicles 8
[Bible]1 Chronicles 8 records the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin in detail. After listing the heads of various families, it concludes with the descendants of a family that lived in Gibeon, traced through Saul and Jonathan.
Ish-bosheth
[People]Ish-bosheth was a son of Saul who, after Saul's death, was made king over Israel by Abner, the commander of Saul's army, and reigned for about two years. In 1 Chronicles he appears under the name Eshbaal.