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Hello, my name is Mephiboseth. I bet two things crossed your mind as you read that; one, who is this Mephiboseth guy and two, I thought the dude who wrote this is named Dave.

So first let me say that, yes my name really is Dave and I am going to tell you about this dude named Mephiboseth.

In the Biblical book of 2nd Samuel we meet a young 5 year old Mephiboseth. We are told that his father was Jonathan (the crown prince of Israel) and his grandfather was Saul (first king of Israel). Upon hearing of his dad and granddads death in battle, Mephiboseth's nanny took him and went to flee from...