Lo-debar

Lo-debar ("no pasture" or "nothing") was a town in Gilead east of the Jordan, near Mahanaim. After Saul and Jonathan were killed at Mount Gilboa, Jonathan's five-year-old son Mephibosheth was dropped by his nurse as she fled, leaving him crippled in both feet. He was raised in obscurity in the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar (2 Samuel 9:4-5). When David, now established as king, asked, "Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?" Ziba directed him to Lo-debar. David summoned Mephibosheth to Jerusalem, restored to him all of Saul's lands, and gave him a permanent seat at the king's table — one of the most tender moments in David's reign. Years later, Makir of Lo-debar was one of three Transjordanian chiefs who provisioned David's army during Absalom's rebellion (2 Samuel 17:27).