david , saul (1885) julius kronberg.
saul married ahinoam, daughter of ahimaaz. had 4 sons , 2 daughters. sons jonathan, abinadab, malchishua , ish-bosheth. daughters named merab , michal. saul had concubine named rizpah, daughter of aiah, bore him 2 sons, armoni , mephibosheth. (2 samuel 21:8).
saul died @ battle of mount gilboa (1 samuel 31:3–6; 1 chronicles 10:3–6), , buried in zelah, in region of benjamin. (2 samuel 21:14) 3 of saul s sons – jonathan, , abinadab, , malchishua – died him @ mount gilboa (1 samuel 31:2; 1 chronicles 10:2). ish-bosheth became king of israel, @ age of forty. @ david s request abner had michal returned david. ish-bosheth reigned 2 years, after death of abner, killed 2 of own captains. (2 samuel 4:5).
armoni , mephibosheth (saul s sons concubine, rizpah) given david along 5 sons of merab (saul s daughter) gibeonites, killed them. (2 samuel 21:8–9) michal childless. (2 samuel 6:23).
the male descendant of saul survive mephibosheth, jonathan s lame son, (2 samuel 4:4) had been 5 when father , grandfather saul had died in battle. in time, came under protection of david. (2 samuel 9:7–13) mephibosheth had young son, micah, (2 samuel 9:12) had 4 sons , descendants named until ninth generation (1 chronicles 8:35–38).
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