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 daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
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Gill's Exposition
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah,.... Saul's concubine, Sa2 3:7,
whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; of whom we read nowhere else; after the name of the…
Barnes' Notes
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” (1Sa 18:19 note).
Adam Clarke
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…
Here I. Were are told of the injury which Saul had, long before this, done to the Gibeonites, which we had no account of in the history of his reign, nor should we have heard of it here but that it…
Cambridge Bible
the five sons of Michal … whom she brought up for Adriel The Heb. text can only mean whom she bare to Adriel. But it was Merab, not Michal, who was married to Adriel (1Sa 18:19). Consequently we must…