Topic
Eliam
4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Samuel 11:3Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Father of Bath-sheba
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
- 2 Samuel 23:34Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. One of David's valiant men
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
- 1 Chronicles 3:5Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. Father of Bath-sheba — Called AMMIEL
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
- 1 Chronicles 11:36Nave 2. One of David's valiant men — Called AHIJAH
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
God’s people. (1.) The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah (2 Sam. 11:3). In 1 Chr. 3:5 his name is Ammiel.
(2.) This name also occurs as that of a Gilonite, the son of Ahithophel, and one of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:34). perhaps these two were the same person.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
- Father of Bath-sheba, the wife of David. (11:3)
- One of David’s "thirty" warriors. (2 Samuel 23:34)
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.