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2Ch 11:18 — And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, [and] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 3029-3046. B.C. 975-958.
daughter		Eliab was David's eldest brother; and more than eighty years had elapsed since David, at the age of thirty, began to reign: Abigail must therefore have been grand-daughter to Eliab; and this shows the latitude in which the words son and daughter are used in Scripture.
Eliab		1Sa 16:6; 1Sa 17:13,28; 1Ch 2:13; 1Ch 27:18; Elihu

Correlating Passages

Eliab

	1Sa 16:6	And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed [is] before him.
	1Sa 17:13	And the three eldest sons of Jesse went [and] followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle [were] Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
	1Sa 17:28	And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
	1Ch 2:13	And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
	1Ch 27:18	Of Judah, Elihu, [one] of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Chronicles 11:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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