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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BEELIADA (Baal knows).A son of David, 1Ch_14:7, changed in conformity with later usage (see Ishbosheth) into Eliada (El knows) in 2Sa_5:16.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1Ch_14:7. El-iada (2Sa_5:16), with 'Eel ("God") substituted for Baal.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Beeli'ada. (the Lord knows). One of David's nine sons, born in Jerusalem. 1Ch_14:7. In the lists in Samuel, the name is Eliada. (B.C. after 1045).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
bē-ē̇-lı̄?a-da (בּעלידע, be‛elyādhā‛, ?the Lord knows?; ELIADA, which see; compare HPN, 144, 192, note 1,202): A son of David (1Ch_14:7).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Beeliada
(Heb. Beelyada', בְּעֶלְיָדָע, whom Eaal knows; Sept. Ελιαδέ v. r. Βαλλιαδά), one of David's sons, born in Jerusalem (1Ch_14:7). B.C. post 1045. In the parallel lists (1 Samuel 5:16; 1Ch_3:8) he is called by the equivalent name ELIADA, El being, perhaps, originally in the name rather than Baal. SEE BAAL-.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.