Elpaal

Elpa'al

[many El'paal] (Hebrews Elpa'al, אֶלפִּ ל, in pause אֶלפָּ ל, God is his wages; Sept. Α᾿λφαάλ and Ε᾿λφαάλ), the second named of the two sons of Shaharaim (a descendant of Benjamin residing in the region of Moab) by his wife Hushim, and progenitor of a numerous posterity (1Ch 8:11-12,18). B.C. cir. 1618. The Bene-Elpaal appear to have lived in the neighborhood of Lydda (Lod), and on the outposts of the Benjamite hills as far as Ajalon (8:12-18), near the Danite frontier.

⇒Bible concordance for ELPAAL.

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.