2 Samuel 21:8 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 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.

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ASV

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 bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

KJV

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:

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Five sons of Michal - whom she brought up - Michal, Saul’s daughter, was never married to Adriel, but to David, and afterwards to Phaltiel; though it is here said she bore ילדה yaledah, not brought up, as we falsely translate it: but we learn from 1Sa 18:19, that Merab, one of Saul’s daughters, was married to Adriel.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּ֣ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֶת־	'e.toSh-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁ֠נֵי	She.nei	[the] two	H8147 →
בְּנֵ֨י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
רִצְפָּ֤ה	ritz.Pah	Rizpah	H7532 →
בַת־	vat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
אַיָּה֙	'ai.Yah	Aiah	H345 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
יָלְדָ֣ה	Yal.dah	she had borne	H3205 →
לְשָׁא֔וּל	le.sha.'Ul	to Saul	H7586 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אַרְמֹנִ֖י	'ar.mo.Ni	Armoni	H764 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מְפִבֹ֑שֶׁת	me.fi.Vo.shet	Mephibosheth	H4648 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
חֲמֵ֗שֶׁת	cha.Me.shet	[the] five	H2568 →
בְּנֵי֙	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
מִיכַ֣ל	mi.Khal	Michal	H4324 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
שָׁא֔וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
יָלְדָ֛ה	Yal.dah	she had borne	H3205 →
לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל	le.'ad.ri.'El	to Adriel	H5741 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
בַּרְזִלַּ֖י	bar.zi.Lai	Barzillai	H1271 →
הַמְּחֹלָתִֽי׃	ha.me.cho.la.Ti	the Meholathite	H4259 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 18:19
So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
leads to
- Judges 7:22
  And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the…
- Judges 14:20
  and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
Through
2 Samuel 3:7
Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 21:8–11
  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…
- 2 Samuel 12:8
  I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you…
- 2 Samuel 16:21–22
  Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who…
- 1 Kings 2:21–22
  So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
- 1 Kings 2:17
  Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

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