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Merib-Baal
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Hebrews Merib'-Ba'al, מְרַיב בִּעִל, contender with Baal, 1 Chronicles 8:34; Sept. Μεριβαάλ v.r. Μεφριβαάλ,Vulg. Meribaal; also in the contracted form Meri'-Ba'al מְרַי בִעִל, 1 Chronicles 9:40; Sept. Μεριβαάλ v r. .Μεχριβαάλ,Vulg. Meribaal, the son of Jonathan, elsewhere called MEPHIBOSHETH (2 Samuel 4:4, etc.), apparently from an unwillingness to pronounce the idolatrous name of Baal. (See ISHBOSHETH).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Merib-Baal'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/merib-baal.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Merib-Baal'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/merib-baal.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.