McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Eliathah

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Eliathah


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(Hebrew Elia'thah, àְֵìéà úָä , 1Ch_25:4, or Eliya'thah, àֵַìéּ úָä , 1Ch_25:27, to whom God will come; Sept. Å᾿ëéáèÜ v.r. Å᾿ëéÜè , Vulg. Eliatha), the eighth named of the fourteen sons of the Levite Heman, and a musician in the Temple in the time of king David (1Ch_25:4), who, with twelve of his sons and brethren, had the twentieth division of the Temple-service (25:27). B.C. 1013. In Jerome's Quaest. Hebr. on 1Ch_25:27, the name is given as Eliaba, and explained accordingly; but not so in the Vulgate.