2 Samuel 23:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, х 'EliypeleT (H467), God is his deliverance] - or Eliphal (1 Chronicles 11:35). "Ahasbai" (I take refuge in God, Gesenius) the Maachathite, from Maachah; probably the modern Lejah. [The Septuagint has: Alifaleth huios tou Machachi.]

Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, х 'Eliy`aam (H463)] - omitted in the parallel list of 1 Chronicles 11:1-47; traditionally believed to be the same as the person mentioned, 2 Samuel 11:23 (Jerome, 'Quaest. Hebraicae,' in loco), the father of Bath-sheba. [The Septuagint calls him "Eliab".]

2 Samuel 23:34

34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,