Eliab
Mentioned 1751–974 BC traditional (Jones)
Son of Jesse. Mentioned in 5 verses, first in 1 Samuel 16:6.
Compiled from the tagged verses.
- The 34th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of the Judges, 1450–1051 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Jesse, Abinadab, David, Shammah, Abihail, Eliab, Jerimoth, and Mahalath.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1945–780 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
5 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Eliab 20 |
| KJV | Eliab 21 |
| ASV | Eliab 21 |
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
All 5 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
1 Samuel3 verses
- 16:6
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
- 17:13
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
- 17:28
Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
1 Chronicles1 verse
- 2:13
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
2 Chronicles1 verse
- 11:18
And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.