Eliab (son of Jesse)
엘리압 (이새의 아들)
Named at 1 Samuel 17:12–13 as the firstborn of the eight sons of Jesse. At 16:6, when they have come, Samuel looks at Eliab, and says, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him,” and at 16:7 the LORD says to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him.” The Korean Revised Version has Samuel say the words of 16:6 in his heart. 17:13 says that he went after Saul to the battle with Abinadab and Shammah; at 17:28, when David speaks to the men, Eliab his oldest brother hears, and Eliab’s anger burns against David, and he says, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness?”
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- 1CH 2:13–17, engwebp
13and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh;
16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
17Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- 1SA 16:6–10, engwebp
6When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.”
9Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.”
10Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.”
- 1SA 17:12–16, engwebp
12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.
13The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.
15Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
- 1SA 17:25–30, engwebp
25The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father’s house tax-free in Israel.”
26David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
27The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”
28Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”
29David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
30He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.
- 2CH 11:18–23, engwebp
18Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.
19She bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21Rehoboam loved Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
22Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
23He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city. He gave them food in abundance; and he sought many wives for them.
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Unresolved interpretation: Elihu, one of the brothers of David, at 1 Chronicles 27:18
- 1 Chronicles 27:18 reads, “of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David”; the Korean Revised Version reads 다윗의 형 엘리후, Elihu, David’s elder brother.
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- 1CH 27:16–22, engwebp
16Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites, Eliezer the son of Zichri was the ruler; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah;
17of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; of Aaron, Zadok;
18of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David; of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
19of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel;
20of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;
21of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner;
22of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.
- 1CH 27:16–22, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 2:13–15 reads, “and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh”.
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- 1CH 2:13–17, engwebp
13and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh;
16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
17Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- 1CH 2:13–17, engwebp
- 1 Samuel 16:6–10 names Eliab, Abinadab and Shammah among the sons of Jesse and says, “Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel”; 17:12–14 says of Jesse, “he had eight sons”, names “his three sons who went to the battle”, “Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah”, and says, “David was the youngest”.
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- 1SA 16:6–10, engwebp
6When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.”
9Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.”
10Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.”
- 1SA 17:12–16, engwebp
12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.
13The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.
15Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
- 1SA 16:6–10, engwebp
1 Chronicles 27:18 names the ruler of Judah “Elihu, one of the brothers of David” (the Korean Revised Version: 다윗의 형 엘리후, David’s elder brother). The sons of Jesse whom 1 Chronicles 2:13–15 and 1 Samuel 16:6–10 and 17:12–14 name do not include the name Elihu. This collection records the Elihu of 27:18 as a brother of David and keeps him apart, and does not decide whether he is one of the sons of Jesse whom the other passages name.
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Jesse — Father of — Eliab (son of Jesse)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 2:13–17, 1 Samuel 17:12–16
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David — Sibling of — Eliab (son of Jesse)
Evidence: 1 Samuel 17:25–30
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Took part in (3) — Seven of Jesse’s sons pass before Samuel, Jesse’s three oldest sons follow Saul to the battle, and David is the youngest, David asks what shall be done for the man who kills the Philistine, and Eliab his oldest brother is angry
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When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”
and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Eliab (son of Jesse) (person-eliab-jesse) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/eliab-jesse Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 17:12–13 as the firstborn of the eight sons of Jesse. At 16:6, when they have come, Samuel looks at Eliab, and says, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him,” and at 16:7 the LORD says to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him.” The Korean Revised Version has Samuel say the words of 16:6 in his heart. 17:13 says that he went after Saul to the battle with Abinadab and Shammah; at 17:28, when David speaks to the men, Eliab his oldest brother hears, and Eliab’s anger burns against David, and he says, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness?” Cited evidence: 1CH 2:13–17, engwebp / 1SA 16:6–10, engwebp / 1SA 17:12–16, engwebp / 1SA 17:25–30, engwebp / 2CH 11:18–23, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.