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Eliab

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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To whom God is father.
  • A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Numbers 16:1,12; 26:8,9; Deuteronomy 11:6 ).

  • A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness (Numbers 1:9; 2:7 ).

  • The son of Jesse, and brother of David (1 Samuel 16:6 ). It was he who spoke contemptuously to David when he proposed to fight Goliath (1 Samuel 17:28 ).

  • One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in his stronghold in the wilderness (1 Chronicles 12:9 ).

    Bibliography Information
    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Eliab'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​e/eliab.html. 1897.
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