John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 21:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, etc.] Saul’s concubine, (<100307>2 Samuel 3:7); whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; of whom we read nowhere else; after the name of the latter, it is probable, Jonathan’s son was called, before mentioned: and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite; Michal had no children to the day of her death, nor was she the wife of Adriel, but Merab her sister, (<091819>1 Samuel 18:19); wherefore these sons were not whom she “bare”, as the word used signifies, but, as we rightly render it, whom she “brought up” or educated, so the Targum, her sister being dead; and so the Jews say f353 , Merab brought them forth, and Michal brought them up, therefore they were called by her name; or the words may be supplied thus, “and the five sons [of the sister of Michal]”, and, as in (<102119>2 Samuel 21:19), is supplied, “[the brother of] Goliath”. Barzillai is here called the Meholathite, to distinguish him from Barzillai the Gileadite, spoken of in a former chapter, (see <101727>2 Samuel 17:27 19:31).

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