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(Hebrews Merib'-Ba'al, îְøַéá áִּòִì , contender with Baal, 1Ch_8:34; Sept. ÌåñéâáÜë v.r. ÌåöñéâáÜë ,Vulg. Meribaal; also in the contracted form Meri'-Ba'al îְøַé áִòִì , 1Ch_9:40; Sept. ÌåñéâáÜë v r. . Ìå÷ñéâáÜë ,Vulg. Meribaal, the son of Jonathan, elsewhere called MEPHIBOSHETH (2Sa_4:4, etc.), apparently from an unwillingness to pronounce the idolatrous name of Baal. SEE ISHBOSHETH.