Bible Person

Eliam

Meaning: the people of God · Male · 2 cross references

Eliam is the father of Bathsheba and appears through his family connection to one of the most consequential royal episodes in David's life. He belongs to the household background behind the Bathsheba story. First appears in 2 Sam 11:3.1

AI summary: Eliam matters because the cross references place his name behind Bathsheba, thereby grounding a major turning point in David's reign within an actual family line. Though Eliam himself is not active in the narrative, his household identity reminds readers that royal sin always falls on real families and relationships. Taken together, the material presents Eliam as the paternal source of Bathsheba's family identity within one of Scripture's most morally weighty royal stories.1

Central Figure

Eliam

Meaning: the people of God

The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah (2 Sam.