Merab
Also called Michal
Mentioned 1086–1017 BC traditional (Jones)
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).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- Father
- Saul
- Mother
- Ahinoam
- Partner
- Adriel
- Siblings
- Abinadab, Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Michal, Ish-bosheth
- Half-siblings
- Armoni, Mephibosheth
- Tagged in
- 4 verses
- Mentioned in the era of the Judges, 1450–1051 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Saul, Adriel, David, Abinadab, Aiah, Armoni, Barzillai, and Jonathan.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1111–992 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 4 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
Begat counts Merab in 4 tagged verses across 2 books.
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The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Merab 4Michal 19 |
| KJV | Merab 3Michal 18 |
| ASV | Merab 3Michal 18 |
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1 Samuel3 verses
- 14:49
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).
- 18:17
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
- 18:19
So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
2 Samuel1 verse
- 21:8
But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
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).