Eliel (Heb. ‘Elî’êl, “He is my God”, or “my God is God”; ac. Elili). 1. Family head of the half-tribe of Manasseh in the Transjordan (1Ch 5:24). 2. Levite of the family of Kohath, ancestor of the prophet Samuel (1Ch 6:34; perhaps the Eliab of v 27). 3 and 4. Two Benjaminites of whom only the names of their parents are known (1Ch 8:20, 22). 5 and 6. Two of David’s mighty men (1Ch 11: 46,47). 7. Gadite warrior who came to David at Ziklag before he was king (1Ch 12: 1, 8, 11). 8. Levite of David’s time (1Ch 15:9, 11). 9. King Hezekiah’s official who assisted the chief caretaker of offerings and tithes (2Ch 31:13).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Heb., †™eli†™el, God is God).
1. Levite of the family of Kohath and ancestor of the prophet Samuel (1Ch 6:34).
2. Chief of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan (1Ch 5:24).
3. Son of Shimei Benjamite (1Ch 8:20).
4. Son of Sasac Benjamite (1Ch 8:22).
5. Mahavite captain in David’s army (1Ch 11:46).
6. Another of David’s heroes (1Ch 11:47).
7. The seventh Gadite who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:11). Perhaps the same person as item 5 or 6.
8. Chief of Judah, a man from Hebron, at the time of David (1Ch 15:9), perhaps the same as item 5.
9. Chief Levite who assisted in the return of the ark from the house of Obed-edom (1Ch 15:11).
10. Levitical steward of tithes and offerings during the reign of Hezekiah (2Ch 31:13).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(My God is God). Name of people from the OT.
1. One of the “mighty and valiant men, men of name and heads of their fathers’ houses,” of the half-tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 5:24).
. One of the Levites whom “David set at the singing service in the house of Jehovah” (1Ch 6:31, 1Ch 6:34).
. Benjamite, head of the family (1Ch 8:20).
. Benjamite, head of the family (1Ch 8:22).
. One of David’s mighty men, who was the son of Elnaam (1Ch 11:46).
. Another of David’s mighty men (1Ch 11:47).
. Character of the tribe of Gad who was one of those who “fled and went to David, to the strong place in the desert…their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were swift as gazelles on the mountains” (1Ch 12:8-9 ). It is possible that he is the same #5 or #6.
. Levite. He was the chief among † œthe sons of Hebron †. He participated in the transfer of the ark to Jerusalem (1Ch 15:3, 1Ch 15:9).
. A Levite of those who “were the stewards in the service of Conaniah and Shimei…by the commandment of King Hezekiah and Azariah, prince of the house of God” (2Ch 31:13).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(My God is God).
1. Head of the half tribe of Manasseh. Like the other heads of the tribe, Eliel was brave, powerful; a man of fame. (1Ch 5:24.)
2. A Levite from the family of the Qohatites and ancestor of the prophet Samuel. (1Ch 6:33, 34) He should have been called Elihu at 1 Samuel 1:1 and Eliab at 1 Chronicles 6:27.
3. Descendant of Shimei from the tribe of Benjamin. (1Ch 8:1, 20, 21)
4. Descendant of Sasaq from the tribe of Benjamin. (1Ch 8:1, 22, 25.)
5. Mahavite mentioned among the mighty men of David. (1Ch 11:26, 46)
6. Another of David’s mighty men. (1Ch 11:26, 47)
7. Gadite mentioned among the swift, brave and mighty men who sided with David when he was still under restrictions by King Saul. It is said that the smallest of these Gadites was worth a hundred men, and the largest, a thousand. (1Ch 12:1, 8, 11, 14.)
8. Son of Hebron. One of the heads of the tribe of Levi chosen by David to carry the Ark to Jerusalem. (1Ch 15:9, 11, 12.)
9. Levite commissioner beside Conaniah, who was in charge of “the tax and the tenth and the holy things” in the time of King Hezekiah. (2Ch 31:11-13.)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible