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ADRIEL

flock of God, the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite, to whom Saul gave in marriage his daughter Merab (1-Sam 18:19). The five sons that sprang from this union were put to death by the Gibeonites (2-Sam 21:8, 2-Sam 21: 9. Here it is said that Michal "brought up" [R.V., "bare"] 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 1-Sam 18:19).