Adriel

Gender: Male

Years: -1063 - -1018

Dictionary Text: Flock of God, the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite, to whom Saul gave in marriage his daughter Merab. The five sons that sprang from this union were put to death by the Gibeonites,. Here it is said that Michal “brought up” 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.

Family Members

• Father: Barzillai

Verses

• 2 Samuel 21:8: But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
• 1 Samuel 18:19: But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.