Encyclopedia entry
Eliel
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Eliel. Jump to one below, or read in order.
To whom God is might.
Eliel (1)
#A chief of Manasseh, on the east of Jordan (1 Chr. 5:24).
Eliel (2)
#A Gadite who joined David in the hold at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:11).
Eliel (3)
#One of the overseers of the offerings in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 31:13).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(to whom God is strength).
One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1 Chronicles 5:24) A forefather of Samuel the prophet. (1 Chronicles 6:34) A chief man in the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:20) Also a Benjamite chief. (1 Chronicles 8:22) One of the heroes of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:46) Another of the same guard. (1 Chronicles 11:47) One of the Gadite heroes who came across Jordan to David when he was in the wilderness of Judah hiding from Saul. (1 Chronicles 12:11) A Kohathite Levite at the time of transportation of the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 15:9,11) (B.C. 1043.) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah; one of the overseers of the offerings made in the temple. (2 Chronicles 31:13) (B.C. 726.)
In the Bible
10
Verses where Eliel is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 5:24
These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.
- 1 Chronicles 6:34
the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
- 1 Chronicles 8:20
Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
- 1 Chronicles 8:22
Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,
- 1 Chronicles 11:46
Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:47
Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
+4 more verses naming Eliel.
Scripture on Eliel
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Entries that reference Eliel
2
Eliel references
14
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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