Eliezer

A servant of Abraham who was from the city of Damascus. Before Abraham had his sons, Ishmael and Isaac, he followed the customs of his time by choosing Eliezer to inherit his property (Genesis 15:2).

Moses and Zipporah’s second son (Exodus 18:4; 1 Chronicles 23:15–17).

Benjamite and Becher’s son (1 Chronicles 7:8).

One of seven priests who played trumpets while walking in front of the ark of the covenant (the sacred chest containing God's law) when King David moved it to Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 15:24).

Zichri’s son and a chief officer in Reuben’s tribe (1 Chronicles 27:16).

A prophet whose father was Dodavahu from the town of Mareshah. He warned King Jehoshaphat of Judah that God was not pleased with his alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel (2 Chronicles 20:37).

One of the leaders Ezra sent to meet with Iddo in a place called Casiphia. Ezra asked them to bring back Levites to work in God's temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 8:16).

Three men of Israel—a priest, a Levite, and an Israelite—who were encouraged by Ezra to divorce their foreign wives during the time after the exile in Babylon (Ezra 10:18, 23, 31).

An ancestor of Christ (Luke 3:29).

See Genealogy of Jesus Christ.