Eliab אֱלִיאָב

David's brother. Eliab was the eldest brother of King David and the son of Jesse.

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Where Eliab appears

1 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1)

Key verses

• 1 Samuel 16:6 first mention — And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.
• 1 Samuel 17:13 — And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
• 1 Samuel 17:28 — And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
• 1 Chronicles 2:13 — And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
• 2 Chronicles 11:18 — And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.