Study it in the app“The king took the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite,”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְtookוַיִּקַּחthe twoשְׁנֵיsonsבְּנֵיof Rizpahרִצְפָּהdaughterבַתof Aiah,אַיָּהwhomאֲשֶׁרshe had borneיָלְדָהto Saul,לְשָׁאוּלArmoniאַרְמֹנִיandוְMephibosheth,מְפִבֹשֶׁתandוְthe fiveחֲמֵשֶׁתsonsבְּנֵיof Michalמִיכַלdaughterבַּתof Saul,שָׁאוּלwhomאֲשֶׁרshe had borneיָלְדָהto Adrielלְעַדְרִיאֵלsonבֶּןof Barzillaiבַּרְזִלַּיthe Meholathite,הַמְּחֹלָתִי
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsRizpah
Rizpah, a concubine of Saul, daughter of Aiah (2 Samuel 3:7; 21:8-11).
Where else “ritspa” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appearsAiah
Aiah, a grandson of Seir; also the father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine.
Where else “aya” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearsArmoni
Armoni, son of Saul and his concubine Rizpah, one of the seven handed over to the Gibeonites (2 Samuel 21:8). The lexicon links the name with "palace".
Where else “armoni” appearsMephibosheth
Mephibosheth, the name of two men of the house of Saul: the son of Jonathan, lame in both feet, to whom David showed loyal love (2 Samuel 4:4; 9), and a son of Saul and Rizpah (2 Samuel 21:8). In 1 Chronicles 8:34 the son of Jonathan is called Merib-baal.
Where else “mefivoshet” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appearsMichal
Michal, the younger daughter of King Saul and wife of David (1 Samuel 14:49; 18:27).
Where else “michal” appearsAdriel
Adriel: a man of Meholah to whom Saul gave his daughter Merab as wife, though she had been promised to David. The name means "flock of God" or "my help is God".
Where else “adriel” appearsBarzillai
Barzillai: the name of several men in the Bible: the rich old Gileadite from Rogelim who brought provisions to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 17 and 19); a man of Meholah, father of Adriel (2 Samuel 21:8); and a priest who took that name by marrying a daughter of the Gileadite (Ezra 2:61). The lexicon relates the name to "iron."
Where else “barzilay” appearsMeholathite
Meholathite: a person from Abel-meholah, a town in the Jordan valley.
Where else “mecholati” appearsThe Hebrew says “Michal” here. According to 1 Samuel 18:19 Adriel’s wife was Merab, Saul’s elder daughter, and 2 Samuel 6:23 says that Michal had no children. The text does not explain the difference. This Mephibosheth is a different one, a son of Saul.
7But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of YHWH that was between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
8 · This verse (above)
9and he gave them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before YHWH. The seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
