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(Hebrew Eliphe'let, àìֵéôֶּìֶè , in pause Elipha'let, àìִֵéôָּìִè , God is his deliverance); the name of several men.
1. (Sept. Å᾿ëéöáëÜô v.r. Á᾿ëéöáëÝè and Á᾿ëéöáëåô , Vulg. Elipheleth.) One of David's distinguished warriors, styled "the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite" (2Sa_23:34); but, by some error and abbreviation, ELIPHAT SEE ELIPHAT (q.v.), the son of Ur, [and] Hepher, the Mecherathite," in the parallel passage (1Ch_11:35-36.)
2. (Sept. Å᾿ëéöáëÝô v.r. Å᾿ëéöáëÝè , Vulg. Eliphaleth.) The third of the nine sons of David, born at Jerusalem, exclusive of those by Bathsheba (1Ch_3:6; 1Ch_14:5, in which latter passage the name is written Elpalet). B.C. post 1044.
3. (Sept. Å᾿ëéöáëÝô v.r. Å᾿ëéöáëÜ , Vulg. Eliphelet.) The ninth of the same (1Ch_3:8; 1Ch_14:7; 2Sa_5:16, in which two latter passages the name is Anglicized "Eliphalet"). It is believed that there were not two sons of this name, but that, like Nogah, one is merely a transcriber's repetition. The two are certainly omitted in Samuel, but, on the other hand, they are inserted in two separate lists in Chronicles, and in both cases the number of sons is summed up at the close of the list. Josephus mentions but one Eliphale ( Å᾿ëéöáëÝ ), as the last of David's eleven sons, and states that the last two were born of concubines (Ant. 7:3, 3). SEE DAVID.
4. (Sept. Å᾿ëéöáëÝô , Vulg. Eliphalet.) The third of the three sons of Eshek, of the posterity of Benjamin, and a descendant of king Saul through Jonathan (1Ch_8:39). B.C. ante 536.
5. (Sept. Å᾿ëéöáëÜè v.r. Å᾿ëéöáëÜô , Vulg. Eliphelet.) One of the sons of Adonikam, who returned from Babylon with his two brothers and 60 males (Ezr_8:13). B.C. 459.
6. (Sept. Å᾿ëéöáëÝô ,Vulg. Elipheleth.) An Israelite of the lineage of Hashum, who divorced his Gentile wife after the exile (Ezr_10:33). B.C. 458.