beloved of God
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ELIDAD.Son of Chislon, and Benjamins representative for dividing the land, Num_34:21 Peter (perh. = Eldad, one of the elders, Num_11:26 f. E [Note: Elohist.] ).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Son of Chislon; represented Benjamin in dividing Canaan (Num_34:21.).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Eli'dad. (whom God loves). The man chosen to represent the tribe of Benjamin, in the division of the land of Canaan. Num_34:21. (B.C. 1452).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ē̇-lı̄?dad (אלידד, 'ĕlı̄dhādh, ?God has loved?): Prince of Benjamin in the division of the land (Num_34:21); perhaps the same as ELDAD (which see).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Elidad
(Hebrew Elidad', אֵַלידָד, whom God has loved; Sept. Ε᾿λδάδ, Vulg. Eldad), the son of Chislon, and phylarch of the tribe of Benjamin, one of the commissioners appointed, to portion out the promised land among the tribes (Num_31:7; Num_31:21). B.C. 1619.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.