Eliphelet

This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:

  1. One of the 13 sons of King David born in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:16; 1 Chronicles 3:8; 14:7).

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  2. A son Ahasbai. He was one of the mighty men of David (2 Samuel 23:34). It is possible this Eliphelet was the same person as Eliphal, son of Ur (1 Chronicles 11:35).

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  3. Another of the sons of David born at Jerusalem. It is possible he was born earlier than #1 above (1 Chronicles 3:6; 14:5).

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  4. A son of Eshek and a descendant of King Saul and Jonathan (1 Chronicles 8:39).

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  5. One of the three sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:13).

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  6. A son of Hashum whom the scribe Ezra persuaded to divorce his foreign wife during the time after the Jews returned from exile (Ezra 10:33).

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From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.

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