Eliphelet

God his deliverance. (1.) One of David’s distinguished warriors (2 Sam. 23:34); called also Eliphal in 1 Chr. 11:35.

(2.) One of the sons of David born at Jerusalem (1 Chr. 3:6; 14:5); called Elpalet in 1 Chr. 14:5. Also another of David’s sons (1 Chr. 3:8); called Eliphalet in 2 Sam. 5:16; 1 Chr. 14:7.

(3.) A descendant of king Saul through Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:39).

(the God of deliverance).

1. The name of a son of David, one of the children born to him after his establishment in Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 3:6) (B.C. after 1044.)

2. Another son of David, belonging also to the Jerusalem family, and apparently the last of his sons. (1 Chronicles 3:8)

3. One of the thirty warriors of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:34)

4. Son of Eshek, a descendant of King Saul through Jonathan. (1 Chronicles 8:39) (B.C. before 536.)

5. One of the leaders of the Bene-Adonikam who returned from Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:13) (B.C. 459.)

6. A man of the Bene-Hushum in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:33) (B.C. 458).

e-lif'-e-let.

See ELIPHALAT; ELIPHAL.