2 Samuel 4:4
And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
Cross-references
2 Samuel 9:3 picks up the story of Mephibosheth introduced here, confirming he is Jonathan's son and crippled.
2 Samuel 19:26 features Mephibosheth explaining his absence to David, continuing his story from this introduction.
2 Samuel 21:7 reveals David spared Mephibosheth because of his oath with Jonathan—fulfilling the backstory of his lameness here.
1 Samuel 31:1-10 describes the battle where Saul and Jonathan died — the event that triggered Mephibosheth's crippling.
1 Chronicles 8:34 gives Mephibosheth's genealogy as Merib-baal, confirming his identity and lineage.
1 Chronicles 9:40 repeats the genealogy of Merib-baal (Mephibosheth), directly parallel to the introduction here.
1 Samuel 29:11 records the Philistines going to Jezreel, directly leading to the battle that killed Saul and Jonathan.
1 Samuel 29:1 sets the scene at Jezreel — the location from which the news of Saul's death came that caused Mephibosheth's injury.