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Barzillai
Meaning: of iron.
This was the name of 3 biblical men.
Barzillai, a Meholathite
He is the father of Adriel and is mentioned once in 2 Samuel.
So the king [Saul] took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. —2 Samuel 21:8
A Meholathite is an inhabitant of Meholah (likely Abel-meholah a town in the Jordan Valley, birthplace of the godly prophet Elisha).
Barzillai, Gileadite
He is from Rogelim and was distinguished for his loyalty to David. He liberally provided for the king’s followers (2 Samuel 17:27). David on his death-bed, remembering his kindness, commended Barzillai’s children to the care of Solomon (1 Kings 2:7).
Barzillai, a priest
He married a daughter of the preceding.
Of the sons of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and he was called by their name. —Ezra 2:61
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