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Eliam

Name meaning: the people of God (Hitchcock)

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.

Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain

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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(God’s people.).

Father of Bath-sheba, the wife of David. (11:3)

One of David’s “thirty” warriors. (2 Samuel 23:34)

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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