Merab

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The eldest of Saul's two daughters (1Sam 14:49). She was betrothed to David after his victory over Goliath, but does not seem to have entered heartily into this arrangement (1Sam 18:2, 1Sam 18:17ff). She was at length, however, married to Adriel of Abel-Meholah, a town in the Jordan valley, about 10 miles south of Bethshean, with whom the house of Saul maintained alliance. She had five sons, who were all put to death by the Gibeonites on the hill of Gibeah (2 Sam 21:8).

This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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The elder of Saul's two daughters (1Sam 14:49; 1Sam 18:17ff). Saul formally offered Merab's hand to David with the condition that the latter should distinguish himself in the war with the Philistines. David did so, but Saul broke his promise by giving Merab to Adriel the Meholathite (1Sam 18:19).