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Intrepid Men of God #4
Mefiboset: Crippled Prince
Denied the throne as king of Israel and crippled for life at age five, Sett spends his early years fleeing his grandfather King Saul’s enemies. Inheriting his gigantic grandfather’s height and good looks along with his father Jonathan’s positive attitude, Sett uses his wits to get out of life-threatening situations in Israel, Babylon, and Assyria. Despite his handicap, the beautiful Kissara becomes his wife, King David becomes his friend, and the forests become his mission. Though he must constantly deal with three enemies who do everything they can to make his life miserable, Mefiboset, grandson of a king, is an overcomer, a climber, a conqueror who triumphs in the end.
(At the back of the book are discussion questions for book clubs and Bible classes.)
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(At the back of the book are discussion questions for book clubs and Bible classes.)
(#Mephibosheth, #Gibean, #KingSaul, #Jonathan, #Ishbosheth, #MountGilboa, #Armoni, #Mananaim, #Barzillai, #Ahinoam, #Seba, #Merab, #Abner, #Israel, #David, #Arabia, #Rizah, #Machir, #Lodebar, #EphriamWoods, #SeaOfGalilee, #KingTalmai, #Gesher, #Maakah, #Absalom, #Ur, #Babylon, #Assyria, #Chaldea, #Abraham, #AdamEve, #GardenOfEden, #TigrisRiver, #EuphratesRiver, #ForestofHerath, #Negev, #ForestofBethel, #Dagon, #ForestOfTemen, #Micah, #Tamar, #Amnon, #banishment, #exile, #Eliphelet, #Ithream, #MountOfOliveTrees, #WoodedHillsOfJudea, #Solomon, #Barillai, #ForestsOfAssyria, #KingIsh, #TiglathPelezar, #Bathsheba, #ForrestsOfLebanon, #Tyre, #Ashdod, #QueenOfSheba, #Eilat, #Dibon, #Bozrah, #Punon, #Sier, #Teman, #Avith, #Egypt, #physician, #doctor, #surgery, #ForestsOfMoab, #Pitthon, #Johoaddah, #Cataracts, #singing, #Psalms, #Cripple, #Handicapped, #Lame, #Feet, #NerveDamage, #crutches, #paralyzedfeet, #Benjamin, #Kish, #Zelzah, Rephaim, #Benjamites, #Philistines, #DeadSea, #Jordan, #Bashan, #Lajat, #camels, #Michal, #palace, #temple, #naturalist, #conservator
476 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 20, 2016
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About the author
Katheryn Maddox Haddad
156 books30 followersKatheryn Maddox Haddad researches an average of 300 hours preparing to write each of her historical novels.
She hails from Arizona where she doesn't have to shovel sunshine. She basks in hot weather, palm trees and cacti in her yard, and a computer with the key names worn away.
With a bachelor’s degree in English, Bible and social science from Harding University and part of a master’s degree in Bible, including Greek, from the Harding Graduate School of Theology, she also has a master’s degree in management and human relations from Abilene University.
Her newspaper column appeared for several years in newspapers in Texas and North Carolina ~ "Little Known Facts About the Bible" ~ and she has written for numerous Christian publications.
Currently she teaches English over the internet every morning, using the Bible as a text book. Most of her students are Muslims. She has taught some 5000 thus far, and has former students, now Christians, in hiding in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Jordan, and Palestine. "They are my heroes" she declares.
She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Christian Writers of the West, and is also an energetic public speaker who can touch the heart of audiences.
She hails from Arizona where she doesn't have to shovel sunshine. She basks in hot weather, palm trees and cacti in her yard, and a computer with the key names worn away.
With a bachelor’s degree in English, Bible and social science from Harding University and part of a master’s degree in Bible, including Greek, from the Harding Graduate School of Theology, she also has a master’s degree in management and human relations from Abilene University.
Her newspaper column appeared for several years in newspapers in Texas and North Carolina ~ "Little Known Facts About the Bible" ~ and she has written for numerous Christian publications.
Currently she teaches English over the internet every morning, using the Bible as a text book. Most of her students are Muslims. She has taught some 5000 thus far, and has former students, now Christians, in hiding in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Jordan, and Palestine. "They are my heroes" she declares.
She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Christian Writers of the West, and is also an energetic public speaker who can touch the heart of audiences.
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November 8, 2018
What a book
I love the book. I did not know about Mefiboset at all. I have a physical limitations too, and with a foot. His adventures are inspiring. Thanks you Ms. Hard as for the story and all. I have love each book in this series and look forward to the rest as I get to the.
I love the book. I did not know about Mefiboset at all. I have a physical limitations too, and with a foot. His adventures are inspiring. Thanks you Ms. Hard as for the story and all. I have love each book in this series and look forward to the rest as I get to the.
February 18, 2017
Overall, I really liked this book. It's made me really think a lot about a man in the Bible that I've never given much thought to before.
First the things that truly bugged me in the book.
~The author speaks WAY too much about the forests. I get that she is trying to make a point that if we don't take care of them, the trees will all be gone one day. But, I found the repeated topic quite annoying after a while.
~Sett is a great character. Almost *too* great. We never see any bad side to him. It's almost as if he was sinless. In many ways, this made his character a bit flat for me. I'd much rather seen how he overcome his inner trials - his anger at his enemies or situations, his frustration with being lame, etc. Instead he seems to just take it all in stride and it doesn't bother him.
~The way David insists on calling Sett "Jonathan". For *me*, it just made David seem a little insane, and just didn't sit well with me.
But despite those relatively minor cons, there were a lot of pros to this book. This was a well written, interesting book. I enjoyed travelling with Sett throughout his life, encountering people I knew from the Bible, and others I met for the first time. This book has definitely made me want to research more into Methibosheth's life, if it's possible. If not, I have a wonderful version of Sett in my head. :)
Before I started the book, I went to the Bible and read the story of Methibosheth. I wanted the actual scriptures to compare the story to. The author, from what I can tell, has kept as much to the Biblical story of Sett. Of course, she expounds and makes up the story where the Bible doesn't give us details. But from what I can tell, she doesn't deviate from Scripture.
Thank you Kathryn for writing such a great book! I can't wait to read more in the series.
First the things that truly bugged me in the book.
~The author speaks WAY too much about the forests. I get that she is trying to make a point that if we don't take care of them, the trees will all be gone one day. But, I found the repeated topic quite annoying after a while.
~Sett is a great character. Almost *too* great. We never see any bad side to him. It's almost as if he was sinless. In many ways, this made his character a bit flat for me. I'd much rather seen how he overcome his inner trials - his anger at his enemies or situations, his frustration with being lame, etc. Instead he seems to just take it all in stride and it doesn't bother him.
~The way David insists on calling Sett "Jonathan". For *me*, it just made David seem a little insane, and just didn't sit well with me.
But despite those relatively minor cons, there were a lot of pros to this book. This was a well written, interesting book. I enjoyed travelling with Sett throughout his life, encountering people I knew from the Bible, and others I met for the first time. This book has definitely made me want to research more into Methibosheth's life, if it's possible. If not, I have a wonderful version of Sett in my head. :)
Before I started the book, I went to the Bible and read the story of Methibosheth. I wanted the actual scriptures to compare the story to. The author, from what I can tell, has kept as much to the Biblical story of Sett. Of course, she expounds and makes up the story where the Bible doesn't give us details. But from what I can tell, she doesn't deviate from Scripture.
Thank you Kathryn for writing such a great book! I can't wait to read more in the series.
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