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Eliab

Eliab to whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Num 16:1, 12; 26:8, 9; Deut 11:6). (2.) A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness (Num 1:9; 2:7)...

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Eliab to whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Num 16:1, 12; 26:8, 9; Deut 11:6).

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

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

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

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