SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:8
Mas tomó el rey dos hijos de Rizpa hija de Aja, los cuales ella había dado a luz a Saúl, a saber , a Armoni y a Mefi-boset; y cinco hijos de Mical hija de Saúl, los cuales ella había dado a luz a Adriel, hijo de Barzilai meholatita;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 21:8
Verse 8. Five sons of Michal-whom she brought up] Michal, Saul's daughter, was never married to Adriel, but to David, and afterwards to Phaltiel; though it is here said she bore hdly yaledah, not brought up, as we falsely translate it: but we learn from 1 Sam. xviii. 19, that Merab, one of Saul's daughters, was married to Adriel. Two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. have Merab, not Michal; the Syriac and Arabic have Nadab; the Chaldee has properly Merab; but it renders the passage thus:-And the five sons of Merab which Michal the daughter of Saul brought up, which she brought forth to Adriel the son of Barzillai.
This cuts the knot.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah , etc.] Saul’s concubine, ( 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, ( 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 ( 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 2 Samuel 17:27 19:31).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - Every affliction arises from sin, and should lead us to repent an humble ourselves before God; but some troubles especially show tha they are sent to bring sin to remembrance. God's judgments often look great way back, which requires us to do so, when we are under his rebukes. It is not for us to object against the people's smarting for the sin of their king; perhaps they helped him. Nor against thi generation suffering for the sin of the last. God often visits the sin of the fathers upon the children, and he gives no account of an matters. Time does not wear out the guilt of sin; nor can we buil hopes of escape upon the delay of judgments. If we cannot understan all the reasons of Providence in this matter, still we have no right to demand that God should acquaint us with those reasons. It must be right, because it is the will of God, and in the end it will be prove to be so. Money is no satisfaction for blood. It should seem, Saul' posterity trod in his steps, for it is called a bloody house. It wa the spirit of the family, therefore they are justly reckoned with for his sin, as well as for their own. The Gibeonites did not require thi out of malice against Saul or his family. It was not to gratify an revenge, but for the public good. They were put to death at the beginning of harvest; they were thus sacrificed to turn away the wrat of Almighty God, who had withheld the harvest-mercies for some year past, and to obtain his favour in the present harvest. In vain do we expect mercy from God, unless we do justice upon our sins. Execution must not be thought cruel, which are for the public welfare.
Original Hebrew
ויקח 3947 המלך 4428 את 853 שׁני 8147 בני 1121 רצפה 7532 בת 1323 איה 345 אשׁר 834 ילדה 3205 לשׁאול 7586 את 853 ארמני 764 ואת 853 מפבשׁת 4648 ואת 853 חמשׁת 2568 בני 1121 מיכל 4324 בת 1323 שׁאול 7586 אשׁר 834 ילדה 3205 לעדריאל 5741 בן 1121 ברזלי 1271 המחלתי׃ 4259
