Elihu

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

(whose God is he (Jehovah)).


• One of the interlocutors in the book of Job. [Job, Job, Book Of] He is described as the "son of Baerachel the Buzite."

• A forefather of Samuel the prophet. (1 Samuel 1:1)

• In (1 Chronicles 27:18) Elihu "of the brethren of David" is mentioned as the chief of the tribe of Judah.

• One of the captains of the thousands of Manasseh, (1 Chronicles 12:20) who followed David to Ziklag after he had left the Philistine army on the eve of the battle of Gilboa.

• A Korhite Levite in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 26:7)

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