Merib-baal. Another name by which Mephi-bosheth was known. Compare 2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 4:4. See note on 1 Chronicles 8:33 above. The addition "bosheth" (= shame) came to be substituted for "Baal" as the latter word became associated with idolatry. Compare Judges 6:32 with 2 Samuel 11:21.
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1 Chronicles 8:34
34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal;h and Meribbaal begat Micah.