Daniel
Also called Chileab
Mentioned 1052–1047 BC traditional (Jones)
David’s second son, “born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess” (1 Chr. 3:1). He is called also Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 35th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Abigail, Absalom, Ahinoam, Amnon, David, Maacah, Nabal, and Talmai.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Daniel, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1077–1022 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
Begat counts Daniel in 2 tagged verses across 2 books.
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The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Daniel 77Chileab 1 |
| KJV | Daniel 83Chileab 1 |
| ASV | Daniel 82Chileab 1 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
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2 Samuel1 verse
- 3:3
his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
1 Chronicles1 verse
- 3:1
These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
David’s second son, “born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess” (1 Chr. 3:1). He is called also Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3).