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Adriel

עַדְרִיאֵל · ad.ri.el · H5741“the flock of God” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions in 2 books, most in 1 Samuel (1)

Who he was

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. (1 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 21:8).

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Family

FatherBarzillaiSpouseMerab
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Every mention

2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Samuel 1 mention

1 Samuel 18:19But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.

2 Samuel 1 mention

2 Samuel 21:8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the…

What the dictionary says

Flock of God, the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite, to whom Saul gave in marriage his daughter Merab (1 Sam. 18:19).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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