Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
David had let Jonathan's memory slip from his mind for years, but now he stirs himself to make good his promise. Good men do not wait to be asked; they hunt out occasions to do good, especially to those in want who will not cry for help. He sought not merely to answer a petition, but to seek them out first.
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Commenting on 2 Samuel 9:1-8
Then King David sent,.... Messengers; it may be Ziba, none being more proper than he that knew him, and where he was: and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar; they demanded him in the king's name, and being delivered to them, they brought him from thence to Jerusalem.
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. (c) Who was also called Eliam the father of Bathsheba, David's wife.