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MERIBBAAL
Original name for Mephibosheth, the handicapped son of Jonathan (1 Chr 8:34; 9:40). The name means “Baal contends” and is displaced by the later name (Mephibosheth, meaning “idol breaker”) in 2 Samuel 4:4 and 9:6. The substitution of bosheth (“shame”) for baal (“lord”) was not uncommon when the term acquired its idolatrous connotation (cf. 2 Sm 11:21). See Mephibosheth #1.