2 Samuel 21:7-8

The king spared, &c. For the Gibeonites desiring only such a number, it was at David's choice whom to spare. The son of Jonathan This is added to distinguish him from the other Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 21:8. Because of the Lord's oath, &c. This was a just reason for not delivering him up. The five sons of Michal, whom she brought up for Adriel In the original it is, whom she bare to Adriel. And as Michal was not the wife of Adriel, but her elder sister Merab, it is probable that Michal's name has here crept into the text by the mistake of some transcriber for Merab's. Or else it should stand as the margin of our Bible has it, Michal's sister.