1 Chron. viii. 34. 1 Sam. xiv. 49. xviii. 17, 19.MERAB, or Merob, the eldest Daughter of King Saul. She was promised to David in Marriage, as a Reward for that Victory which he obtained over the Giant Goliah; but Saul went from his Word, and gave her to Adriel the Son of Barzillai the Meholathite. Merab had six Sons by him, who were delivered over to the Gibeonites, and crucified upon the Mountain before the Lord, as a Reparation for that Injustice that Saul had done the Gibeonites1. The Text of Scripture insinuates, that the six Men that were delivered to ‘em, were the Sons of Michal the Daughter of Saul, and Wife of Adriel. But there is great Room for Suspicion, that the Name of Michal is slipt into the Text instead of Merob2. For 1. Michal did not marry Adriel, but Phaltiel; and 2. We no where read that Michal had six Sons. Others3 think that these six Children were Sons of Merob by Birth, but Michal’s by Adoption.
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