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Elihu

Name meaning: he is my God himself (Hitchcock)

Whose God is he. (1.) “The son of Barachel, a Buzite” (Job 32:2), one of Job’s friends. When the debate between Job and his friends is brought to a close, Elihu for the first time makes his appearance, and delivers his opinion on the points at issue (Job 32-37).

(2.) The son of Tohu, and grandfather of Elkanah (1 Sam. 1:1). He is called also Eliel (1 Chr. 6:34) and Eliab (6:27).

(3.) One of the captains of thousands of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:20).

(4.) One of the family of Obed-edom, who were appointed porters of the temple under David (1 Chr. 26:7).

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

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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(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)

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

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