Dict: easton - Adriel

easton:

Adriel @ flock of God, the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite, to whom Saul gave in marriage his daughter Merab ( kjv@1Samuel:18:19). The five sons that sprang from this union were put to death by the Gibeonites ( kjv@2Samuel:21:8-9. Here it is said that Michal "brought up" [R.V., "bare"] these five sons, either that she treated them as if she had been their own mother, or that for "Michal" we should read "Merab," as in kjv@1Samuel:18:19).