ELIPHELET

1. One of David’s 13 sons born in Jerusalem (2 Sm 5:16; 1 Chr 3:8; 14:7).

2. Ahasbai’s son and one of David’s mighty men (2 Sm 23:34); perhaps the same as Eliphal, Ur’s son, in 1 Chronicles 11:35. See Eliphal.

3. Another of David’s sons born at Jerusalem but perhaps earlier than #1 above (1 Chr 3:6; 14:5).

4. Eshek’s son and a descendant of Saul and Jonathan (1 Chr 8:39).

5. One of Adonikam’s three sons who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezr 8:13).

6. Hashum’s son whom Ezra persuaded to divorce his foreign wife during the postexilic era (Ezr 10:33).