Eliab @ to whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu Numbers:16:1Numbers:16:12Numbers:26:8-9; Deuteronomy:11:6). (2.) A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness Numbers:1:9Numbers:2:7). (3.) The son of Jesse, and brother of David ( 1Samuel:16:6). It was he who spoke contemptuously to David when he proposed to fight Goliath ( 1Samuel:17:28). (4.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in his stronghold in the wilderness ( 1Chronicles:12:9).