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Eliam (son of Ahithophel)

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Named at 2 Samuel 23:34 as “Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite”. The name stands among those that 23:24–39 opens with “Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty” and closes with “thirty-seven in all”. This collection keeps him apart from the Eliam of 11:3 and does not decide whether they are the same man.

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2SA 23:24–39, engwebp
²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
²⁷Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
²⁹Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
³⁰Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
³¹Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
³⁵Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
³⁶Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
³⁷Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
³⁸Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
³⁹and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Eliam of 2 Samuel 11:3 and Eliam of 23:34

2 Samuel 11:3 says, “David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, ‘Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?’” The verse does not name Eliam’s father.
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- 2SA 11:2–5, engwebp
  ²At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
  ³David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
  ⁴David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
  ⁵The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.”
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2 Samuel 23:34 names “Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite” among the names of 23:24–39. The verse does not name his children.
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- 2SA 23:24–39, engwebp
  ²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  ²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
  ²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
  ²⁷Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
  ²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
  ²⁹Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
  ³⁰Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
  ³¹Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
  ³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
  ³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
  ³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
  ³⁵Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
  ³⁶Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
  ³⁷Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
  ³⁸Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
  ³⁹and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
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2 Samuel 11:3 names Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam without naming Eliam’s father, and 23:34 names Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite without naming his children. The text does not say whether the two Eliams are one man or two. This collection records them apart and does not decide whether they are the same man.

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Ahithophel — Father of — Eliam (son of Ahithophel)

Evidence: 2 Samuel 23:24–39

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Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

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Entry: Eliam (son of Ahithophel) (person-eliam-ahithophel)
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Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 23:34 as “Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite”. The name stands among those that 23:24–39 opens with “Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty” and closes with “thirty-seven in all”. This collection keeps him apart from the Eliam of 11:3 and does not decide whether they are the same man.
Cited evidence: 2SA 23:24–39, engwebp
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