high station, in which he acted as a “father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of
Judah.” (Isaiah 22:21)
•The original name of Jehoiakim king of Judah. (2 Kings 23:34; 2 Chronicles 36:4)
•A priest in the days of Nehemiah, who assisted at the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem.
(Nehemiah 12:41) (B.C. 446.)
•Eldest son of Abiud or Judah; brother of Joseph, and father of Azor. (Matthew 1:13)
•son of Melea, and father of Jonan. (Luke 3:30,31)
Eliam
(God’s people.).
•Father of Bath-sheba, the wife of David. (11:3)
•One of David’s “thirty” warriors. (2 Samuel 23:34)
Elias
the Greek form of Elijah.
Eliasaph
Head of the tribe of Dan at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. (Numbers 1:14; 2:14;
7:42,47; 10:20) (B.C. 1490.)
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•A levite, and “chief of the Gershonites” at the same time. (Numbers 3:24)
Eliashib
(whom God restores).
•A priest in the time of King David eleventh in the order of the “governors” of the sanctuary. ( 1
Chronicles 24:12)
•One of the latest descendants of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:24)
•High priest at Jerusalem at the time of the rebuilding of the walls under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah
3:1,20,21) (B.C. 446.)
•A singer in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:24)
•A son of Zattu, (Ezra 10:27) and
•A son of Bani, (Ezra 10:36) both of whom had transgressed in the same manner. (B.C. 458.)
Eliathah
(to whom God comes), a musician in the temple in the time of King David. (1 Chronicles
25:4,27)
Elidad
(whom God loves), the man chosen to represent the tribe of Benjamin in the division of the
land of Canaan. (Numbers 34:21) (B.C. 1452.)
Eliel
(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)