People of the Bible
Merab
also called Michal
Family
- Father
- Saul
- Mother
- Ahinoam
- Partner
- Adriel
- Brothers and sisters
- Abinadab, Ish-bosheth, Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Michal
- Half-brothers and sisters
- Armoni, Mephibosheth
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Increase, the eldest of Saul’s two daughters (1 Sam. 14:49). She was betrothed to David after his victory over Goliath, but does not seem to have entered heartily into this arrangement (18:2, 17, 19). 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).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 4 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.