Eliam

Easton's Bible Dictionary

This name also occurs as that of a Gilonite, the son of Ahithophel, and one of David's thirty warriors ( 2 Samuel 23:34 ). perhaps these two were the same person.

Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Eliam'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/eliam.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("God is my people") (2 Samuel 23:34). Son of Ahithophrl and father of Bathsheba; (2 Samuel 11:3). (See AHITHOPHEL; BATHSHEBA.) Ammiel (by transposition) in 1 Chronicles 3:5, and Bathshua, non-Israelite names. Uriah was a Hittite (Genesis 38:2; Genesis 38:12; 1 Chronicles 2:3).

Holman Bible Dictionary

2 Samuel 11:31 Chronicles 3:52 Samuel 23:341 Chronicles 11:1

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ELIAM . 1. Father of Bathsheba, whose first husband was a Hittite, 1 Samuel 11:3 (= 1 Chronicles 3:5 , where Eliam is called Ammiel ). 2. Son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, and one of David’s heroes ( 2 Samuel 23:34 ). It is not impossible that this Eliam is the same as the preceding.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Father of Bath-sheba, or Bathshua. 2 Samuel 11:3 . He is called AMMIEL in 1 Chronicles 3:5 .

2. Son of Ahithophel, and one of David's thirty mighty men. 2 Samuel 23:34 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Eli'am. (God's people).

1. Father of Bath-sheba, the wife of David. 2 Samuel 11:3.

2. One of David's "thirty" warriors. 2 Samuel 23:34.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ē̇ -lı̄´am ( אליעם , 'ĕlı̄' - ām , "people's God"?):

(1) Father of Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:3 ); in 1 Chronicles 3:5 called Ammiel.

(2) One of David's "thirty," son of Ahithophel the Gilonite (2 Samuel 23:34 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

[usually El'am] (Hebrews Eliam', אֵַלועָם , God is [his] people, i.e., friend; Sept. Ε᾿λιάβ, Vulg. Eliam), the father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah and afterwards of David (2 Samuel 11:3). In the list of 1 Chronicles 3:5, the names of both father and daughter are altered, the former to the equivalent AMMIEL (See Ammiel) (q.v.), and the latter to Bathshua, both the latter names being also those of non-Israelite persons, while Uriah was a Hittite (comp. Genesis 38:12; 1 Chronicles 2:3; also 2 Samuel 17:27). 'The same name Eliam also occurs as that of a Gilonite, the son of Ahithophel, and one of David's "thirty" warriors (2 Samuel 23:34). It is omitted in the list of 1 Chronicles 11:1-47, but is now probably discernible as "AHIJAH the Pelonite" (1 Chronicles 11:36) (see Kennicott, Dissertation, p. 207). The ancient Jewish tradition preserved by Jerome (Qu. Hebr. on 2 Samuel 11:3, and 1 Chronicles 3:5) is that the two Eliams are the same person. An argument has been founded on this to account for the hostility of Ahithophel to king David, as having dishonored his house and caused the death of his son-in-law (Blunt, Coincidences, part 2, 10). But he would perhaps have rather been proud of this alliance with royalty. B.C. 1046.