Bible Person
Meaning: son of contempt; made of iron · Male · 1 cross reference
This Barzillai entry refers to the Meholathite father of Adriel, not to the better-known Gileadite supporter of David. He belongs to the family background of a troubling episode in Saul's house. First appears in 2 Sam 21:8.1
AI summary: This Barzillai matters because his single cross reference survives through Adriel, whose connection to Saul's family becomes part of the later reckoning described in 2 Samuel 21. The entry helps anchor that episode in a remembered household. Taken together, the material presents this Barzillai as a familial source linked to a tragic strand in Israel's royal history.1
Central Figure
Barzillai
Meaning: son of contempt; made of iron
A Meholathite, the father of Adriel (2 Sam.
Children
A Meholathite, the father of Adriel (2 Sam. 21:8). 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.