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Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Eliam

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4478501Easton's Bible Dictionary — EliamMatthew George Easton

Eliam

  • Eliam God's people. (1.) The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah (2 Sam. 11:3). In 1 Chr. 3:5 his name is Ammiel.

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