Atomic Bible

Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram

Eliab

Named in 5 verses across 2 books, first in Numbers 16:1.

אֱלִיאָבEliab

The name means “God is my father; God is the father.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

Father
Pallu
Children
Dathan, Abiram, Nemuel
People
Tribe of Reuben

About Eliab Written by AI

Eliab, a member of the tribe of Reuben, is mentioned in Numbers 16:1; and Deuteronomy 11:6 as the father of Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram, along with Korah, led a rebellion against the leadership of Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. They challenged the authority of Moses and Aaron, claiming that all the congregation was holy (Numbers 16:1 to 3). Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, but they refused to appear before him (Numbers 16:12 to 14). As a result, God caused the earth to open up and swallow the rebels and their households (Numbers 16:31 to 33). Eliab's sons, Dathan and Abiram, perished in this divine judgment (Numbers 26:9; Deuteronomy 11:6). The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram serves as a warning against challenging God's appointed leaders.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Eliab, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

To whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Num. 16:1, 12; 26:8, 9; Deut. 11:6).

(2.) A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness (Num. 1:9; 2:7).

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(3.) The son of Jesse, and brother of David (1 Sam. 16:6). It was he who spoke contemptuously to David when he proposed to fight Goliath (1 Sam. 17:28).

(4.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in his stronghold in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:9).

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. Numbers 16:1

    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

  2. Numbers 16:12

    Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!

  3. Numbers 26:8

    Now the son of Pallu was Eliab,

  4. Numbers 26:9

    and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.

  5. Deuteronomy 11:6

    and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.