Eliel

I-li´uhl; Heb., “God is my god”

1 A Korahite ancestor of Samuel (1Chr 6:34; called Elihu in 1Sam 1:1 and perhaps Eliab in 1Chr 6:27). 2 A Levite from the family of Hebron whom David assigned to assist in bringing the Ark to Jerusalem (1Chr 15:4-15). 3 A Gadite who joined David in the desert (1Chr 12:11; Hebrew v. 12). 4 The name of two of David’s “mighty warriors,” one of them a Mahavite (1Chr 11:46-47). 5 A Temple official who assisted in the supervision of offerings during the reign of Hezekiah (2Chr 31:13). 6 The name of two Benjaminites, one the son of Shimei (1Chr 8:20), the other of Shashak (1Chr 8:22). 7 The head of a Transjordanian Manassite household deported by the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III (1Chr 5:24).