6. A son of Elioenai, and member of tlie latest fam- ily of the lineage of Zerubbabel, mentioned in the Old Test. (1 Chron. iii, 24). B.C. 406.
Eli'asib ('EXtoiri/Sof), the Grjecized form (1 Esdr. ix, 1) of the name of the high-priest Eliashib (q. v.).
Eli'asis CEXidatg v. r. 'EXu'kthc), a name given (1 Esdr. ix, .34) as that of one of the " sons of Maani" who divorced their Gentile wives after the captivity, and corresponding in position to Mattenai (q. v.) of the Heb. list (Ezra x, 33); but probaldy a merelj^ er- roneous repetition of Enasibos (q. v) preceding in the same verse.
Eli'athah (Heb. Eliathah, nrx^bx, 1 Chron. XXV, 4, or Eliija'thah, tiri''5!S!, ver. 27, to whom God will come ; Sept. 'EXia.^a v. r. 'EX(«3, V'ulg. Eliaihci), the eightli named of the fourteen sons of the Levite Heman, and a musician in the Temple in the time of king David (1 Chron. xxv, 4), who, with twelve of his sons and brethren, had the twentieth division of the Temple-service (xxv, 27). B.C. 1013. In Jerome's Qmi'sf. Ihhr. on ver. 27, the name is given as Eliaba, and explained accordingly ; but not so in the Vulgate.
Eliberis. See Elvira.
Eli'dad (Hebrew Elidad', Tl^bx, whom God has loved: Sept. 'E\ca!),Y\\\g. Eldad), the son of Chislon, and phjdai'ch of the tribe of Benjamin, one of the com- missioners appointed to portion out the promised land among the tribes (Num. xxxiy, 21). B.C. 1619.
E'liel (Heb. Eliel', h'&'h^., to whom God is might), the name of some nine Israelites.
1. (Sept. 'EA(/;X.) A valiant phylarch of the tribe of Manasseh east (1 Chron. v, 24)". B.C. post 1612.
2. (Sept. 'EXt/;X.) Son of Toah and father of .Jero- han, ancestors of Heman tlie singer and Levite (1 Chron. vi, 34) ; probably identical with the Eliab of 1
Chron. vi, 34, and the Elihu of 1 Sam. i, 1. B.C. cir 1250. See Samuel. ■
3. (Sept. 'EXajXi.) One of the descendants of Shim' hi, and head of a Benjamite family in Jerusalem (1 Chron. viii, 20). B.C. between 1612 and 588.
4. (Sept. 'EXei'iX.) One of the descendants of Sha- sliak, and likewise head of a Benjamite family at Jeru- salem (1 Chron. viii, 22). B.C. cod.
5. (Sept. 'EXujX V. r. 'EXif(/3.) The seventh of the Gadite heroes who joined David in his stronghold in the wilderness (1 Chron. xii, 11), possibly the same with No. 6 or 7. B.C. 1061.
6. (Sept. 'EX(i';X V. r. 'I{X(/;X.) A Mahanite (q. v), and one of David's distinguished warriors (1 Chron. xi, 46). B.C. 1046.
7. (Sept. 'AXit/X V. r. AaX(/;X.) Another of David's distinguished warriors (1 Chron. xi, 47). B.C. eod.
8. (Sept. 'EX(»;X.) Chief of the 80 Hebronite Le- vites assembled by David to assist in bringing the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chron. xv, 9, 11). B.C. 1043.
9. (Sept. 'EXu'iX.') One of the Levites appointed by Hezekiah to have charge of the offerings for the Tem- ple services (2 Chron. xxxi, 13). B.C. 726.
Elie'nai (Heb. Elieynai/, '^^''^I'^^X, perh. contract- ed for Elioenai [q. v.] ; Sept. EXiwijiicu v. r. 'EXiw- vat, Vulg. Elioenai), one of the Bene-Shimhi Ben- jamite heads of families resident at Jerusalem (1 Chron. viii, 20). B.C. between 1618 and 588.
Elie'zer (Heb. id. ""if ""^PX, God is his help, a mod- ification of the name Eleazar [see Lazarus] ; Sept. 'EXif^tp and 'EXd^tp, N. T. 'EXts^tp), the name of eleven men.
1. "Eliezer of Damascus," mentioned in Gen. XV, 2, 3, apparently as a house-born domestic [see Slaa'e] and steward of Abraham, and hence likely, in the absence of direct issue, to become the patriarch's heir. B.C. 2088. The Sept. interprets the terms thus : "But the son of Masek, my house-liorn maid, is this Heliezer of Damascus." It appeared even thus earlj' that the passage of Scripture in which the name of Eliezer occurs is one of some diificulty. Abraham, being promised a son, says, " I go childless, and the steward of mj' house is this Eliezer of Damascus (X^tl "iT"''?N pil.'^'n, he of Damascus, Eliezer) . . . Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : and, lo, one born in mine house is mine heir" (Gen. xv, 2, 3). The com- mon notion is that Eliezer was Abraham's house-born slave, adopted as his heir, and meanwhile his chief and confidential servant, and the same who was after- wards sent into Jlesopotamia to seek a wife for Isaac (q. v.). This last point we may dismiss with the re- mark that there is not the least evidence that ' ' the elder servant of his house" (Gen. xxiv, 2), whom Abraham charged with this mission, was the same as Eliezer. The obvious meaning is that Eliezer was born in Damascus, and how is this compatible with the notion of his being Abraham's house-born slave, seeing that Abraham's household never was at Damas- cus .' It is true that there is a tradition, quoted by Josephus from Nicolaus of Damascus {Ant. i, 7, 4~), that Abraham "reigned in Damascus ;" but the tradi- tion was probalily founded on this very passage, and has no claim on our belief. The Mohammedans call him Dameshnk, or Damascennis, and believe him to have been a black slave given to Aljraham by Niinrod, at the time when he saw him, by virtue of the name of God, walking out of the midst of the flames (Ur), into which he had been cast by his orders. See Abka- ham. The expression, "the steward of mine house," in ver. 2, "^WS p'^,'0 "iS (note the alliteration between the obscure term meshek and Dammesek), literally translated, is "the son of possession of my house," i. e. one who shall possess my house, my property, after my death, and is therefore exactl}' the same as the phrase in the next verse, "the son of my house