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Eliab

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: E By: James P. Boyd

(God is father). (1) A Chief of Zebulun (Num. 1:9⁹Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. (Numbers 1:9)). (2) A Reubenite (Num. 26:8-9⁸And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. ⁹And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord: (Numbers 26:8‑9)). (3) A Levite musician (1 Chron. 15:18-20¹⁸And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. ¹⁹So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; ²⁰And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; (1 Chronicles 15:18‑20)). (4) Eldest brother of David (1 Chron. 2:13¹³And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, (1 Chronicles 2:13)). (5) A Gadite leader (1 Chron. 12:9⁹Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, (1 Chronicles 12:9)). (6) An ancestor of Samuel (1 Chron. 6:27²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. (1 Chronicles 6:27)).

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