(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).
- ELIADA whom God cares for. (1.) One of David’s sons born after his
establishment in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:16).
(2.) A mighty man of war, a Benjamite (2 Chronicles 17:17).
(3.) An Aramite of Zobah, captain of a marauding band that troubled
Solomon (1 Kings 11:23).
- ELIAKIM whom God will raise up. (1.) The son of Melea (Luke 3:30),
and probably grandson of Nathan.
(2.) The son of Abiud, of the posterity of Zerubbabel (Matthew 1:13).
(3.) The son of Hilkiah, who was sent to receive the message of the
invading Assyrians and report it to Isaiah (2 Kings 18:18; 19:2; Isaiah
36:3; 37:2). In his office as governor of the palace of Hezekiah he
succeeded Shebna (Isaiah 22:15-25). He was a good man (Isaiah 22:20; 2
Kings 18:37), and had a splendid and honourable career.
(4.) The original name of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34). He was
the son of Josiah.
- ELIAM God’s people. (1.) The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah (2
Samuel 11:3). In 1 Chronicles 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 Samuel 23:34). perhaps these two were
the same person.
- ELIAS the Greek form of Elijah (Matthew 11:14; 16:14, etc.), which the
Revised Version has uniformly adopted in the New Testament. (See
ELIJAH.) - ELIASHIB whom God will restore. (1.) A priest, head of one of the
courses of the priests of the time of David (1 Chronicles 24:12).
(2.) A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Nehemiah 12:22, 23).
He rebuilt the eastern city wall (3:1), his own mansion being in that