5 So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.
5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
5 Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.
5 King David didn't lose a minute. He sent and got him from the home of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.
5 Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
5 So David sent for him and brought him from Makir's home.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 9:5
Commentary on 2 Samuel 9:1-8
(Read 2 Samuel 9:1-8)
Amidst numerous affairs we are apt to forget the gratitude we owe, and the engagements we are under, not only to our friends, but to God himself. Yet persons of real godliness will have no rest till they have discharged them. And the most proper objects of kindness and charity, frequently will not be found without inquiry. Jonathan was David's sworn friend, therefore he shows kindness to his son Mephibosheth. God is faithful to us; let us not be unfaithful to one another. If Providence has raised us, and our friends and their families are brought low, we must look upon that as giving us the fairer opportunity of being kind to them.