Merab definitions Hitchcock Bible Dictionary he that fights or disputes Easton ... 1Sa 18:2), where he was detained in great honor. Merab was not, however, given to him as quickly as the ... of valor against the Philistines by a renewed promise of Merab. He will have David's life, but rather by the ... hand of the Philistines than his own (1Sa 18:17). Merab was to be the bait. But now another element complicated ... been the retarding factor from the first. At any rate Merab is finally given to Adriel the Meholathite (1Sa 18:19 ... error--Michal's name occurring for that of her sister Merab--though the Septuagint, Josephus, and a consistent Hebrew text ...
... the Meholathite, to whom Saul gave in marriage his daughter Merab (1 Sam. 18:19). The five sons that sprang from ... their own mother, or that for "Michal" we should read "Merab," as in 1 Sam. 18:19). International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ... is God"): The son of Barzillai the Meholathite, to whom Merab the daughter of King Saul was married when she should ... 8 is a textual error easily accounted for Adriel and Merab had five sons, whom David handed over to the blood ...
... two sons of Rizpah and five of the sons of Merab (q.v.), Saul's eldest daughter, whom she bore to ... well as Saul's 5 grandsons (whether by Michal or Merab; see MERAB). These seven were hanged at Gibeah. Rizpah watched 5 months ...
... Sam. 21:8 her name again occurs, but the name Merab should probably be here substituted for Michal (comp. 1 Sam ... 2Sa 21:8 where Michal is an obvious mistake for Merab). Michal was evidently a woman of unusual strength of mind ...