Adriel Summary
STEPBible TIPNR
Adriel married Saul's daughter Merab and had five sons.
the Meholathite (1SA 18:19)
Lineage: Barzillai › Adriel
Names
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Adriel
the flock of God
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Adriel
· Also called · H5741 · 1SA 18:19 [my] help is G-d [El]
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עַדְרִיאֵל
adəriyel · H5741 · 1SA 18:19 [my] help is G-d [El]
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- bg Адриил
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Family of origin
- Father: Barzillai
- Mother: Unknown
Adriel Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Adriel was the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. King Saul had promised his eldest daughter Merab to David, but instead gave her in marriage to Adriel. Merab bore Adriel five sons. During David's reign, these five sons were handed over to the Gibeonites and put to death to avenge Saul's earlier massacre of the Gibeonites, with whom Israel had a treaty. (1Sa 18:19; 2Sa 21:8).
Adriel Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Flock of God, the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite, to whom Saul gave in marriage his daughter Merab (1 Sam. 18:19). The five sons that sprang from this union were put to death by the Gibeonites (2 Sam. 21:8, 9. Here it is said that Michal “brought up” [R.V., “bare”] these five sons, either that she treated them as if she had been their own mother, or that for “Michal” we should read “Merab,” as in 1 Sam. 18:19).
Sources: BibleData (CC BY 4.0, Adriel_1) · STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Adriel@1Sa.18.19-2Sa) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, adriel_105)