19<\/strong>. the Meholathite<\/em> ] Of Abel-Meholah<\/em>, a town in the Jordan valley near Beth-shan. It was the birth-place of Elisha (1Ki 19:16<\/span>). Why Saul changed his purpose does not appear. It has been inferred from 1Sa 18:25<\/em><\/span> that Adriel had given a rich dowry.<\/p>\n Adriel the Meholathite – <\/B>The five sons of this marriage perished by the hands of the Gibeonites (marginal reference), where we learn further that the name of Adriels father, or ancestor, was Barzillai. His birth-place was Meholah, probably the same as Abel-Meholah. (See 1Ki 19:16<\/span> note).<\/P><\/p>\n When Merab should have been given to David;<\/B> when the marriage was even ready to be solemnized. <\/P> Adriel the Meholathite,<\/B> the son of Barzillei, as he is called, 2Sa 21:8<\/span>. This was an act of great injustice and perfidiousness; and accordingly this marriage was accursed by God, and the children begotten in it were by Gods appointment cut off, 2Sa 21<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n But it came to pass, at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter<\/strong>,<\/p>\n should have been given to David<\/strong>,…. Either when the giving of her to him was talked of, or when the time fixed for her marriage was come:<\/p>\n that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife<\/strong>: Saul either having in reality never designed she should be given to David, only proposed it to please the people, or to affront David, and expose him to shame and confusion by the step he meant to take, or however he soon changed his mind; though Abarbinel’s notion is, that the young lady had disposed of herself to this person without her father’s knowledge, which seems not likely; the person she was given to was the son of Barzillai the Meholathite, 2Sa 21:8<\/span>; and some have observed, as the curse of God on this match, that all her sons were delivered to the Gibeonites, and hanged up, as related in the same place; for though these sons are said to be brought up by Michal, they were bore by Merab to him.<\/p>\n (19) She was given unto Adriel.<\/strong>Sauls capricious wavering nature, so painfully prominent in the last part of his reign, displayed itself in this sudden change of purpose. It may have been brought about owing to some great fit of jealousy of David; or possibly the large gifts in money or valuables offered by the wealthy Adriel for the princesss hand may have occasioned this arbitrary act of Saul. Such gifts to the father in return for the daughters hand were customary. In the case of such a prize as the Princess Merab, the gift would doubtless have been very costly. David, who was comparatively a poor man, was of course unable to show such liberality; besides, the young hero looked, no doubt, upon the marriage as the fulfilment of the old promise to the victor in the combat with the giant. The marriage, however, of the daughter of King Saul and Adriel was consummated, and was disastrous in its consequences. They had five sons, and they fell victims to the blood revenge exacted by the Gibeonites from the family of Saul: the five hapless youths were hanged (we read in 2Sa. 21:9<\/span>) in the hill before the Lord. These three verses (17-19) are entirely omitted by the LXX., apparently because they failed to see any reason for Sauls sudden change of purpose.<\/p>\n 19<\/strong>. <\/strong> She was given unto Adriel <\/strong> In shameful violation of the king’s word. <\/p>\n The Meholathite <\/strong> Perhaps a native of Abel-Meholah, the home of Elisha, (1Ki 19:16<\/span>,) and whither Gideon’s three hundred men pursued the Midianites. Jdg 7:22<\/span>. The sons of this marriage were subsequently put to death by the Gibeonites. 2Sa 21:8<\/span>.<\/p>\n 1Sa 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 19. At the time when Merab, &c.<\/strong> ] This affront and disgrace was done to David purposely to provoke him (as is probable) to do or say something that might bring him under censure, and give Saul some colour to cut him off. But David was too hard for him that way too: leaving it to God to right his wrongs, as indeed he did notably when Merab’s five sons by this Adriel were all hanged. 2Sa 21:8 <\/p>\n was given = had (already) been given. This is the key to 1Sa 20:30. <\/p>\n Adriel: Jdg 14:20, 2Sa 21:8 <\/p>\n Meholathite: Jdg 7:22<\/p>\n 1Sa 18:19. She was given unto Adriel The son of Barzillai, as he is called 2Sa 21:8. This was an act of great injustice, at the same time that it was a most high affront to David, and accordingly this marriage was accursed by God, and the children begotten in it were, by Gods appointment, cut off, 2 Samuel 21. How Jonathan resented this usage of David we are not told. It is likely his duty to his father made him entreat him to take it patiently, and to look upon Saul as sometimes beside himself, and one that did not know what he did.<\/p>\n 18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that {h} she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.<\/p>\n (h) By whom he had five sons who David put to death at the request of the Gibeonites, 2Sa 21:8.<\/p>\n 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. 19. the Meholathite ] Of Abel-Meholah, a town in the Jordan valley near Beth-shan. It was the birth-place of Elisha (1Ki 19:16). 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