Person · one of several with this name
Eliab
Mentioned in 6 verses across 2 books, first in Numbers 1:9. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 6 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Numbers
- Numbers 1:9
from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
- Numbers 2:7
Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon,
- Numbers 7:24
On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the Zebulunites, drew near.
- Numbers 7:29
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.
- Numbers 10:16
and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 17:28
Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.