ELIEL (EBR. "ELIEL" A MIO DIO È 'EL') - Enciclopedia Cattolica, Vol. V, p. 168

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

1. One of the chiefs of the tribe of Manasseh (1 Chr 5:24).
2. A Levite of the lineage of Kohath, ancestor of Samuel (1 Chr 6:19, Vulg. 34 = Eliab, ibid., V. 12, Vulg. 27 = Elihu, 1 Sam 1:1).

3–4. Two from the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr 8:20, 22).
5–6. Two warriors from the time of David (1 Chr 11:45, 47).

7. A chief of the tribe of Gad who joined David when he was persecuted by Saul (1 Chr 12:11).

8. A Levite from the time of Hezekiah, among those in charge of tithes and sacred offerings (1 Chr 31:13).

9. A Levite, head of a family from Hebron, who participated in the transport of the Ark (1 Chr 15:9, 11).

BIBL.: anon., Eliel, in DB, II, col. 1677; M. Sales, Il Vecchio Testamento, III, Torino 1924, passim; F. Zorell, Lex. hebr. et aram., Roma 1940, pp. 55; A. Noordtzij, De beken der Kronieken, I–II, Kampen 1947, pp. 85; A. Noordtzij, De beken der Kronieken, I–II, Kampen 1947, pp. 85.