Bible Characters & Character Studies
Eliab
First appears at Numbers 1:9
First named in Scripture at Numbers 1:9 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
to whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Numbers 16:1, 12; 26:8, 9; Deuteronomy 11:6). (2.) 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). (3.) 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). (4.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in his stronghold in the wilderness (1 Chronicles 12:9).
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
