Eliab: 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)
