Surprise of the Day

Jonathan’s son and Saul’s grandson, Mephibosheth’s feet were paralyzed.

II Samuel 4:4;   II Samuel 19:24;   I Samuel 9:2;   II Samuel 1:23

Fact Of the Day

He wasn’t just a cripple.  His feet were paralyzed.  When King David was running from Absalom, Mephibosheth was so upset, he did not “care for his feet”.  The only reason he would have to take special care of his feet is because they were paralyzed and had no feeling.  He had to check them constantly to see if they had accidentally hit something. 

He could not have used normal crutches because his feet were useless in touching the floor. So, he had to either crawl, or balance on crutches with his feet swinging between them.  (I like to think he did the latter.)