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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 Goliath (1 Sam. 17:28). (4.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in his stronghold in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:9).

eliab in Smith's Bible Dictionary

(God is my father). 1. Son of Helon and leader of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. #Nu 1:9; 2:7; 7:24,29 10:16| (B.C. 1490.) 2. A Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram. #Nu 16:1,12; 26:8,9; De 11:6| 3. One of David's brothers, the eldest of the family. #1Sa 16:6; 17:13,28; 1Ch 2:13| (B.C. 1063.) 4. A Levite in the time of David, who was both a "porter" and a musician on the "psaltery." #1Ch 15:18,20; 16:5| 5. One of the warlike Gadite leaders who came over to David when he was in the wilderness taking refuge from Saul. #1Ch 12:9| (B.C. 1061.) 6. An ancestor of Samuel the prophet; a Kohathite Levite, son of Nahath. #1Ch 6:27| (B.C. 1250). 7. Son of Nathanael, one of the fore-fathers of Judith, and therefore belonging to the tribe of Simeon. Judith 8:1.

eliab in Schaff's Bible Dictionary

ELI'AB (to whom God is father). 1. The name of the prince of Zebulun when the census at Sinai was taken. Num 1:9; Num 2:7; Num 7:24,Num 7:29; Neh 10:16. 2. The father of Dathan and Abiram. Num 16:1, Num 16:12; Num 26:8-9; Deut 11:6. 3. The eldest brother of David. 1 Sam 16:6; 1 Sam 17:13, 1 Sam 28; 1 Chr 2:13; 2 Chr 11:18. 4. A Levite, ancestor of Samuel. 1 Chr 6:27. In 1 Sam 1:1 he is called Elihu, and in 1 Chr 6:34, Eliel. 5. A Gadite leader who joined David when in hold. 1 Chr 12:9. 6. A Levite who was both a porter and a musician. 1 Chr 15:18, 1 Chr 15:20; 1 Chr 16:5.

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 Chronicles 11:18). Eliab betrayed anger without a cause toward David, when seeking his brethren's welfare ("Why camest thou down hither, and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness?"); also "pride and naughtiness of heart," the very sins he charged David with ("I know thy pride," etc.; he knew himself still less than he did David); uncharitable surmising instead of the love that thinketh no evil ("thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle".) David meekly replied, "Is there not a cause?" (see Matthew 5:22; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.) 1 Corinthians 13:4. A Levite porter and musician on the psaltery (1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:20; 1 Chronicles 16:5). 5. A Gadite leader who joined David in the wilderness in his flight from Saul (1 Chronicles 12:9). 6. Ancestor of Samuel, a Kohathite Levite, son of Nahath (1 Chronicles 6:27). Called Elihu 1 Samuel 1:1, also Eliel 1 Chronicles 6:34.