Eliab, son of Jesse
Eliab of Bethlehem, of the tribe of Judah, was the eldest son of Jesse (1 Samuel 16:6 and 1 Chronicles 2:13 and thus the eldest brother of King David.
Quotes
[edit]- (To David, who asked for information about Goliath) Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”
- 1 Samuel 17,28 (NKJV).
Quotes about
[edit]- So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”
- But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have [a]refused him. For[b] the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
- 1 Samuel 16,6-7 (NKJV).
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