Merab

Eldest daughter of King Saul.

A written article for Merab is still to come. Below and alongside: where Merab appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1200 BC
    1000 BC
  • Merab
    1087 BC to 1018 BC

Original word

  • מֵרָב merab
    H4764
Relationships
Father: Saul Mother: Ahinoam Husband: Adriel Brother: Abinadab Brother: Armoni Brother: Ish-bosheth Brother: Jonathan Brother: Malchi-shua Brother: Mephibosheth Sister: Michal
Citations
“Merab.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
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Where Merab appears in Scripture

1 Samuel 14

וַיִּֽהְיוּ בְּנֵי שָׁאוּל יֽוֹנָתָן וְיִשְׁוִי וּמַלְכִּי-שׁוּעַ וְשֵׁם שְׁתֵּי בְנֹתָיו שֵׁם הַבְּכִירָה מֵרַב וְשֵׁם הַקְּטַנָּה מִיכַֽל׃
49
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

1 Samuel 18

וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל-דָּוִד הִנֵּה בִתִּי הַגְּדוֹלָה מֵרַב אֹתָהּ אֶתֶּן-לְךָ לְאִשָּׁה אַךְ הֱיֵה-לִּי לְבֶן-חַיִל וְהִלָּחֵם מִלְחֲמוֹת יְהוָה וְשָׁאוּל אָמַר אַל-תְּהִי יָדִי בּוֹ וּתְהִי-בוֹ יַד-פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
17
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
וַיְהִי בְּעֵת תֵּת אֶת-מֵרַב בַּת-שָׁאוּל לְדָוִד וְהִיא נִתְּנָה לְעַדְרִיאֵל הַמְּחֹֽלָתִי לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
19
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.