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Eliab in Easton's Bible Dictionary

to whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Num. 16:1, 12; 26:8, 9; Deut. 11:6). (2.) A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness (Num. 1:9; 2:7). (3.) The son of Jesse, and brother of David (1 Sam. 16:6). It was he who spoke contemptuously to David when he proposed to fight Goli...

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Eliada in Hitchcock's Bible Names

knowledge of God...

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Eliam in Naves Topical Bible

1. Father of Bath-sheba 2Sa 11:3 Called AMMIEL 1Ch 3:5 -2. One of David's valiant men 2Sa 23:34 Called AHIJAH 1Ch 11:36...

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Elhanan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

el-ha'-nan ('elchanan, "whom God gave"): (1) A great warrior in the army of David who slew a Philistine giant. There is a discrepancy between 2 Sam 21:19 and 1 Ch 20:5. In the former passage we read, "And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan, the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite, slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff...

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Eli in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(ascension), a descendant of Aaron through Ithamar, the youngest of his two surviving sons. Le 10:1,2,12 comp. 1Kin 2:27 with 2Sam 8:17; 1Chr 24:3 (B.C. 1214-1116.) he was the first of the line of Ithamar who held the office of high priest. The office remained in his family till Abiathar was thrust out by Solomon, 1Ki 1:7; 2:26,27 when it pass...

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Eliam in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(God's people.). 1. Father of Bath-sheba, the wife of David. 2Sam 11:3 2. One of David's "thirty" warriors. 2Sa 23:34...

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Elhanan in Naves Topical Bible

1. A distinguished warrior in the time of David, who killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath, the Gittite 2Sa 21:19 Compare 1Ch 20:5 -2. Son of Dodo, one of David's heroes 2Sa 23:24; 1Ch 11:26...

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Eliab in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Numbers 1:9; Numbers 2:7; Numbers 7:24; Numbers 7:29; Numbers 10:16. 2. Numbers 26:8-9; Numbers 16:1; Numbers 16:12; Deuteronomy 11:6. 3. David's oldest brother (1 Chronicles 2:13; 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:13; 1 Samuel 17:28). Abihail his daughter (granddaughter?) married her second cousin Rehoboam, and bore him three children (2 Chro...

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Eliakim in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e-li'-a-kim ('elyaqim; Eliakeim, "God sets up"): (1) The son of Hilkiah who succeeded Shebna as gorvernor of the palace and "grand vizier" under Hezekiah (Isa 22:20). The functions of his office are seen from the oracle of Isaiah in which Shebna is deposed and Eliakim set in his place (Isa 22:15 ff). He is the "treasurer" (the Revised Version,...

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Eli in Easton's Bible Dictionary

ascent, the high priest when the ark was at Shiloh (1 Sam. 1:3, 9). He was the first of the line of Ithamar, Aaron's fourth son (1 Chr. 24:3; comp. 2 Sam. 8:17), who held that office. The office remained in his family till the time of Abiathar (1 Kings 2:26, 27), whom Solomon deposed, and appointed Zadok, of the family of Eleazar, in his ...

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