2 Samuel 21:8

Michal. Some codices, cited in the Massorah, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "Merab", as in 1 Samuel 18:19.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rizpah - See the marginal reference. A foreign origin was possibly the cause of the selection of Rizpah’s sons as victims. Sons of Michal - A...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 (f) Michal the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 21-24. These Chapter s form an appendix of material from various sources. One of the editors, perhaps the one to whom the book substantial...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 daug...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the five sons of Michal— Or, Merab. From the parallel passage, 1 Samuel 18:19 it appears that Merab, not Michal, was married to Adriel;...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Famine and some Exploits against the Philistines 1. It is for Saul, and for his bloody house ] rather, 'upon Saul and his house rests b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Michal ] Evidently a mistake for 'Merab.' It was Merab who married Adriel ( 1 Samuel 18:19 ). Brought up] RV 'bore.' 9, 10. Barley harvest is i...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Took the two sons of Rizpah . — The suggestion that David took advantage of this opportunity to strengthen himself further against the house of Saul...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXVIII THE FAMINE. 2 Samuel 21:1-14 . WE now enter on the concluding part of the reign of David. Some of the matters in which he was m...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Devoted Mother 2 Samuel 21:1-11 The time of this famine cannot be fixed with certainty. Probably it took place before Absalom's rebellion. Th...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As at the close of the Book of Judges, so here, several matters are dealt with not in chronological order, or related, but as illustrating the times...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonath...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah ,.... Saul's concubine, 2 Samuel 3:7 ; whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibos...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 daug...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king spared , &c. For the Gibeonites desiring only such a number, it was at David's choice whom to spare. The son of Jonathan This is adde...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

We cannot say with certainty when the events of this chapter occurred, for they are not necessarily chronological, but spoken of as having taken plac...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Famine in Israel; The Gibeonites Avenged. B. C. 1021....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Rizpah; Saul's concubine, 2 Samuel 21:11 2 Samuel 3:7 . The five sons of Michal, or, of Michal's sister, to wit, Merab; for Michal had no ch...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 21:1 . “Then.” Rather, And , consequently there is nothing to indicate the period when the events here...
Scofield Reference Notes

sons Compare ( 2 Samuel 6:23 ). The "five sons" were children of Michal's sister Merab, wife of Adriel, "whom she brought up for Adriel". (...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 21:1 . There was a famine three years, and in succession. Men, under the aspects of dying, like the seamen in Jonah's case, are led to th...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years. The quickening of David’s conscience by Rizpah’s example Some years since it was foun...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSItION 2 Samuel 21:1 There was a famine in the days of David; Hebrew, and there was. There is an entire absence of any mark of time...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Difficulty with the Gibeonites Adjusted
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But the king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, the sons of Saul's concubine, and...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:19 ; 2 Samuel 3:7

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 Michalc the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 21:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 21:8