18Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
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And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-34)We have here an account, I. Of the princes of the tribes. Something of the ancient order instituted by Moses in the wilderness was still kept up, that every tribe should have its prince or chief. It is probable that it was kept up all along, either by election or by succession, in the same family; and those are here named who were found in that office when this account was taken. Elihu, or Eliab,…
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