People from Meholath(?)
The Meholathites were people from Abel-meholah, including Adriel, who married Saul's daughter Merab, and Barzillai, whose son married Saul's daughter Michal.
🗺 Places mentioned alongside Meholathites on the map →
Also known as Meholathite
The Meholathites were inhabitants of Abel-meholah, a town in the Jordan Valley, possibly located in the territory of Issachar or Manasseh. Two individuals are specifically identified as Meholathites in the Bible. The first is Adriel, who was married to Saul's daughter Merab, although she had originally been promised to David (1Sa.18.19). The second is Barzillai, whose son married Saul's daughter Michal after she was taken from David and given to another man (2Sa.21.8). The Meholathites' connection to Saul's family suggests that they may have been influential in the region during the early monarchical period in Israel.
More background: search Wikipedia ↗
2 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H4259
So when it was time to give Saulʼs daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.