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Eliab

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Eli'ab. (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. Numbers 1:9; Numbers 2:7; Numbers 7:24; Numbers 7:29; Numbers 10:16. (B.C. 1490).

2. A Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram. Numbers 16:1; Numbers 16:12; Numbers 26:8-9; Deuteronomy 11:6.

3. One of David's brothers, the eldest of the family. 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:13; 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Chronicles 2:13. (B.C. 1063).

4. A Levite, in the time of David, who was both a "porter" and a musician on the "psaltery." 1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:20; 1 Chronicles 16:5.

5. One of the warlike Gadite leaders, who came over to David, when he was in the wilderness, taking refuge from Saul. 1 Chronicles 12:9. (B.C. 1061).

6. An ancestor of Samuel, the prophet; a Kohathite Levite, son of Nahath. 1 Chronicles 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.

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Eliab'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​e/eliab.html. 1901.