Rehoboam took as wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse,
When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.”
for Judah, Elihu, one of David's brothers; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”
The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
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