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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 21:8

於是王逮捕了愛雅的女兒利斯巴為掃羅所生的兩個兒子:亞摩尼和米非波設,和掃羅的女兒米拉為米何拉人巴西萊的兒子亞得列所生的五個兒子,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adriel;   Ajah;   Armoni;   Barzillai;   David;   Gibeon;   Meholathite;   Mephibosheth;   Rizpah;   Saul;   Thompson Chain Reference - Michal;   Rizpah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gibeonites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adriel;   Barzillai;   Mephibosheth;   Merab;   Rizpah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Murder;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adriel;   Armoni;   Barzillai;   David;   Gibeah;   Mephibosheth;   Merab;   Michal;   Rizpah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adriel;   Armoni;   David;   Mephibosheth;   Merab;   Michal;   Rizpah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adriel;   Aiah;   Armoni;   Beeroth;   Court Systems;   Gibeon;   Hanging;   Meholathite;   Mephibosheth;   Merab;   Michal;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adriel;   Aiah;   Armoni;   Barzillai;   Ethics;   Haggai;   Israel;   Meholathite;   Mephibosheth;   Merab;   Rizpah;   Rock;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adriel ;   Aiah ;   Armoni ;   Barzillai ;   Gibeonites ;   Meholathite ;   Mephibosheth ;   Michal ;   Rizpah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mephibosheth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Barzillai;   Mephibosheth;   Rizpah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'dri-El;   A-I'ah;   Armo'ni,;   Barzil'la-I;   Mephib'osheth;   Me'rab;   Mi'chal;   Riz'pah,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abel-Meholah;   Adriel;   Aiah;   Armoni;   Barzillai;   David;   Heredity;   Meholathite;   Mephibosheth;   Merab;   Michal;   Relationships, Family;   Salvation;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abel-Meholah;   Adoption;   Adriel;   Atonement;   Burnt Offering;   Crime;   Rizpah;   Soṭah;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
却 把 爱 雅 的 女 儿 利 斯 巴 给 扫 罗 所 生 的 两 个 儿 子 亚 摩 尼 、 米 非 波 设 , 和 扫 罗 女 儿 米 甲 的 姊 姊 给 米 何 拉 人 巴 西 莱 儿 子 亚 得 列 所 生 的 五 个 儿 子

Contextual Overview

1 During the time David was king, there was a shortage of food that lasted for three years. So David prayed to the Lord . The Lord answered, "Saul and his family of murderers are the reason for this shortage, because he killed the Gibeonites." 2 (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites; they were a group of Amorites who were left alive. The Israelites had promised not to hurt the Gibeonites, but Saul had tried to kill them, because he was eager to help the people of Israel and Judah.) King David called the Gibeonites together and spoke to them. 3 He asked, "What can I do for you? How can I make up for the harm done so you can bless the Lord 's people?" 4 The Gibeonites said to David, "We cannot demand silver or gold from Saul or his family. And we don't have the right to kill anyone in Israel." Then David asked, "What do you want me to do for you?" 5 The Gibeonites said, "Saul made plans against us and tried to destroy all our people who are left in the land of Israel. 6 So bring seven of his sons to us. Then we will kill them and hang them on stakes in the presence of the Lord at Gibeah, the hometown of Saul, the Lord 's chosen king." The king said, "I will give them to you." 7 But the king protected Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the promise he had made to Jonathan in the Lord 's name. 8 The king did take Armoni and Mephibosheth, sons of Rizpah and Saul. (Rizpah was the daughter of Aiah.) And the king took the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab. (Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite was the father of Merab's five sons.) 9 David gave these seven sons to the Gibeonites. Then the Gibeonites killed them and hung them on stakes on a hill in the presence of the Lord . All seven sons died together. They were put to death during the first days of the harvest season at the beginning of barley harvest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Rizpah: 2 Samuel 3:7

and the five sons: This Adriel did not marry Michal, Saul's younger daughter, but Merab, 1 Samuel 18:19, Michael being married to David, and afterwards to Phaltiel; though it is here said she bore (yaledah) not brought up, as falsely rendered, five sons to Adriel. Two of Dr. Kennicott's manuscripts, however, have Merab, instead of Michal; the Syriac and Arabic have Nadab; and the Chaldee 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."

Michal: or, Michal's sister, 1 Samuel 18:19

brought up for: Heb. bare to

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 20:16 - Let the Lord 2 Samuel 21:10 - Rizpah Psalms 109:14 - Let the Jonah 1:15 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 19:3
But Lot begged them to come, so they agreed and went to his house. Then Lot prepared a meal for them. He baked bread without yeast, and they ate it.
Genesis 26:30
So Isaac prepared food for them, and they all ate and drank.
Genesis 29:22
So Laban gave a feast for all the people there.
Genesis 40:20
Three days later, on his birthday, the king gave a feast for all his officers. In front of his officers, he released from prison the chief officer who served his wine and the chief baker.
Judges 14:10
Samson's father went down to see the Philistine woman. And Samson gave a feast, as was the custom for the bridegroom.
Judges 14:12
Samson said to them, "Let me tell you a riddle. Try to find the answer during the seven days of the feast. If you can, I will give you thirty linen shirts and thirty changes of clothes.
1 Samuel 1:22
But one time Hannah did not go with him. She told him, "When the boy is old enough to eat solid food, I will take him to Shiloh. Then I will give him to the Lord , and he will always live there."
1 Samuel 25:36
When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was in the house, eating like a king. He was very drunk and in a good mood. So she told him nothing until the next morning.
2 Samuel 3:20
Abner came with twenty men to David at Hebron. There David prepared a feast for them.
1 Kings 3:15
After Solomon woke up from the dream, he went to Jerusalem. He stood before the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord , where he made burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. After that, he gave a feast for all his leaders and officers.

Gill's Notes on the 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 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 k, 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.

k T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 19. 2.

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 - An obvious error for “Merab” (1 Samuel 18:19 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 21:8. 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 ילדה yaledah, not brought up, as we falsely translate it: but we learn from 1 Samuel 18:19, 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.


 
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