Merab
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Oct 14, 2026
EnochVOICE_ACTOR
One oath honored in the very act of atoning for another oath broken, a detail the narrator surely intends us to notice.
EnochVOICE_ACTOR
But he took the two sons of Rizpah, Armoni and Mephibosheth, a different Mephibosheth, named perhaps after the same family tradition, and the five sons of Merab, Saul's daughter, and delivered them to the Gibeonites.
EnochVOICE_ACTOR
The text records the execution with terrible brevity.
EnochVOICE_ACTOR
"They hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together." 2 Samuel 21:9, ESV.
Rob SalvatoGUEST
I'll give him great riches, his family will no longer have to pay taxes, and I'll give my daughter as a bride.
Rob SalvatoGUEST
Now, Saul's oldest daughter was Merab, and she should have been the prize for killing Goliath, but when she became of age, the age to be married, Saul ends up giving her to someone else.
Rob SalvatoGUEST
But now in this moment, when Saul is wanting to bring down David, he says to himself, he decides, "I'm gonna give my daughter Michal to, to be his wife" and look at verse 20.
Rob SalvatoGUEST
It says, "Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David.
Amos J. DisasaHOST
David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? How shall I make expiation, that you may bless the heritage of the Lord?" The Gibeonites said to him, "It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put anyone to death in Israel." He said to them, "What do you say that I should do for you?" They said to the king, "The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel, let seven of his sons be handed over to us, and we will impale them before the Lord at Gibeon on the mountain of the Lord." The king said, "I will hand them over." But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
Amos J. DisasaHOST
The king took the two sons of Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
Amos J. DisasaHOST
He gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they impaled them on the mountain before the Lord.
Amos J. DisasaHOST
The seven of them perished together.
JudithUNKNOWN
The king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the Lord between David and Jonathan, son of Saul.
JudithUNKNOWN
But the king took Ammoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Ai's daughter, Rizpah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Saul's daughter, Merab, whom she had borne to Adriel, son of Baralai, the Mahothelite.
JudithUNKNOWN
He handed them over to the Gibeonites who killed them and exposed their bodies on a hill before the Lord.
JudithUNKNOWN
All seventh of them fell together.
speaker_3NARRATOR
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
speaker_3NARRATOR
And he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together.
speaker_3NARRATOR
They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.
Kristyn GettyHOST
And David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless the heritage of the Lord?" The Gibeonites said to him, "It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel." And he said, "What do you say that I shall do for you?" They said to the king, "The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel, let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord." And the king said, "I will give them." But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
Kristyn GettyHOST
The king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul: Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite; and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together.
Kristyn GettyHOST
They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.
Kristyn GettyHOST
Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens.
Conrad MbeweHOST
And David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement that you may bless the heritage of the Lord?" The Gibeonites said to him, "It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house, neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel." And he said, "What do you say that I should do for you?" They said to the king, "The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel, let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord." And the king said, "I will give them." But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.
Conrad MbeweHOST
The king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Merab, the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite, and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hung them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together.
Conrad MbeweHOST
They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.
Conrad MbeweHOST
Then Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens.