Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(flock of God). Son-in-law of Saul (1 Sam. 18:19; 2 Sam. 21:8).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Son of Barzillai, the Meholathite to whom Merab, Saul’s daughter, was given to wife, after having been promised to David (1 Sam. 18:19). She bare Adriel five sons, and these were given up to death to avenge the Gibeonites because Saul had slain some of them. In 2 Samuel 21:8 these are said to be the “sons of Michal [or Michal’s sister, margin] the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel.” These were doubtless the sons of Merab and not of Michal: translators are agreed that it should be translated “bare to Adriel,” as it reads in the margin, and not “brought up.” It seems therefore most probable that the name Michal is here the mistake of an early copyist, and the passage should read, “the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bare unto Adriel”; or it might originally have stood, “the five sons of the daughter of Saul whom she bare to Adriel,” and someone unadvisedly added Michal in the margin which afterward found its way into the text.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Transliteration:
`Adriy’el
Meaning:
from 5739 and 410; flock of God; Adriel, an Israelite
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
flock of God: my shepherder is God A dul’lam, a testimony to them
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
The flock of God:―son-in-law of Saul, 1 Sam. 18:19. {Grex Dei}