Discovery Box2 Samuel 21:8-9 
Context21:8 So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab 1 whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. 21:9 He turned them over to the Gibeonites, and they executed them on a hill before the Lord. The seven of them 2 died 3 together; they were put to death during harvest time – during the first days of the beginning 4 of the barley harvest.
1 tc The MT reads “Michal” here, but two Hebrew manuscripts read “Merab,” along with some LXX manuscripts. Cf. 1 Sam 18:19.
2 tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew
3 tn Heb “fell.”
4 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
