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MEHOLAH, MEHOLATHITE*

Location used to describe Adriel the son of Barzillai, who was the husband of Merab, Saul’s eldest daughter (1 Sm 18:19; 2 Sm 21:8). He was probably from Abel-meholah, an important city of Gilead. The marriage of Adriel and Merab was probably a political move by Saul, agreed to by David, who was to have married Merab himself (1 Sm 18:17-19).

Show passage in OET: SA1 18:19

OET-RV SA1 18:19

19 However, when it was the time for Sha’ul to give his daughter Merav to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholati to marry.

OET-LV SA1 18:19

19 And_he/it _was at_the _time _of gave DOM Mērāⱱ the _daughter _of Shāʼūl to_Dāvid and_she she _was _given to_ˊAdrī^ʼēl the_Məḩolātī to/for_(a)_woman.

Show passage in OET: SA2 21:8

OET-RV SA2 21:8

8 Instead he took two of the sons (Armoni and Mefiboshet) of Ritspah (Ayah’s daughter and one of Sha’ul’s slave-wives), as well as five sons of Sha’ul’s daughter Mikal, that she’d bore to Adriel (the son of Barzilay, the Meholati).

OET-LV SA2 21:8

8 And_ the_king _he/it _took DOM the _two _of the _sons _of Riʦpāh the _daughter _of ʼAy^yāh whom she _had _borne to_Shāʼūl DOM ʼArmonī and_DOM Mephiboshet and_DOM the _five _of the _sons _of Mīkāl the _daughter _of Shāʼūl whom she _had _borne to_ˊAdrī^ʼēl the _son _of Barzillay the_Məḩolātī.

Show passage in OET: SA1 18:17–19

OET-RV SA1 18:17

17 One day Sha’ul (Saul) told David, “Look, here’s my oldest daughter Merav—I’ll give her to you for a wife. The only condition is that you become a powerful warrior for me and fight Yahweh’s battles.” (Sha’ul had said to himself, “I don’t need to hurt him physically—I’ll let the Pelishtim do that for me.”)

OET-RV SA1 18:18

18 “Who am I,” David asked, “and who are my relatives in my father’s clan in Yisrael (Israel), that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

OET-RV SA1 18:19

19 However, when it was the time for Sha’ul to give his daughter Merav to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholati to marry.

OET-LV SA1 18:17

17 And_ Shāʼūl _he/it _said to Dāvid HERE daughter _of_my (the)_old Mērāⱱ DOM_her/it I _will _give to/for_yourself(m) to/for_(a)_woman only become to/for_me (into)_a_son _of strength and_fight the _battles _of YHWH and_Shāʼūl/(Saul) he _said not let _it _be hand _of_my in/on/over_him/it and_let _it _be in_him/it the _hand _of the_Pəlishtiy.

OET-LV SA1 18:18

18 And_ Dāvid _he/it _said to Shāʼūl who am_I and_who kinsfolk _of_are_my the _clan _of my _father _of_my in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) that/for/because/then/when I _will _be a _son-in-law of_king.

OET-LV SA1 18:19

19 And_he/it _was at_the _time _of gave DOM Mērāⱱ the _daughter _of Shāʼūl to_Dāvid and_she she _was _given to_ˊAdrī^ʼēl the_Məḩolātī to/for_(a)_woman.

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