Commentaries:
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 yaledah , not brought up, as we falsely translate it: but we learn from I 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.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing 2 Samuel 21:8:
Joshua 9:19
2 Samuel 21:20
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