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Merab in the Bible.

The eldest of Saul’s two daughters. The King James Version names Merab in 4 verses, from 1 Samuel 14:49 to 2 Samuel 21:8.

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Merab’s family.

Father
Mother
Brothers and sisters
Herself
Merab
Husbands, and their children
Adrielno children named

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Who Merab was.

Increase, the eldest of Saul’s two daughters (1 Sam. 14:49). She was betrothed to David after his victory over Goliath, but does not seem to have entered heartily into this arrangement (18:2, 17, 19). She was at length, however, married to Adriel of Abel-Meholah, a town in the Jordan valley, about 10 miles south of Bethshean, with whom the house of Saul maintained alliance. She had five sons, who were all put to death by the Gibeonites on the hill of Gibeah (2 Sam. 21:8).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

All 4 verses that name Merab.

1 Samuel 3

  • 1 Samuel 14:49Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
  • 1 Samuel 18:17And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
  • 1 Samuel 18:19But 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.

2 Samuel 1

  • 2 Samuel 21:8But 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:

Questions about Merab.

Who was Merab in the Bible?

The eldest of Saul’s two daughters. The King James Version names Merab in 4 verses, from 1 Samuel 14:49 to 2 Samuel 21:8.

Who were Merab’s parents?

Her father was Saul and her mother Ahinoam.

Who was Merab’s husband?

Adriel.

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