Merab: Increase, the eldest of Saul's two daughters
(1 Samuel 14:49) She was
betrothed to David after his victory over Goliath, but does not seem
to have entered heartily into this arrangement
(1 Samuel 18:2,17,19) She
was at length, however, married to Adriel of Abel-Meholah, a town in
the Jordan valley, about 10 miles south of Bethshean, with whom the
house of Saul maintained alliance. She had five sons, who were all put
to death by the Gibeonites on the hill of Gibeah
(2 Samuel 21:8)
