"Jude + Alexander" <Cajun@swamp.USA>
Re: Did Michal have children or not?
DID MICHAL HAVE CHILDREN OR NOT?
2 Samuel, Chapter 6
"23": Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her
death.
2 Samuel, Chapter 21
"8": But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she
bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the
daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the
Meholathite:
Hello,
Here is the traditional explanation from this Bible encyclopedia:
"Adriel was given Saul's oldest daughter Merab as wife, though she had
previously been promised to David. (1Sa 18:17-19) All of Adriel's five
sons were later surrendered for execution to help atone for Saul's
attempted annihilation of the Gibeonites. (2Sa 21:8, 9) In this
account Michal rather than Merab is spoken of as the mother of
Adriel's five sons. Since Michal died childless (2Sa 6:23) and is
nowhere spoken of as having been the wife of Adriel, some translators
view the appearance of Michal's name as a scribal error. Nearly all
Hebrew manuscripts, however, use Michal's name, and the traditional
explanation is that Merab, Michal's older sister, died early after
having borne five sons to Adriel and that Michal thereafter undertook
the bringing up of her sister's five boys, thus resulting in their
being spoken of as her sons. Isaac Leeser's translation reads at 2
Samuel 21:8: "And the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom
she had brought up for Adriel."" (Insight on the Scriptures, Vol 1, p.
52.)
Sincerely, James
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