Person

Eliab

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 5

Eliab was Jesse's firstborn son and David's oldest brother. When David visited the battle line against the Philistines, Eliab accused him of pride and idle curiosity, unaware his younger brother was about to fight Goliath (1 Samuel 17:28).

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Parents 1

Jesse· father

Children 1

Abihail· father

Siblings 7

Abinadab David Elihu Nethaneel Ozem Raddai Shammah

Member of 1

Tribe of Judah

Appears in 5

Reference	Verse
1 Samuel 16:6	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;

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