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to whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Num. 16:1, Num. 16: 12;26:8, 26: 9; Deut. 11:6). (2.) A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness (Num. 1:9;2:7). (3.) The son of Jesse, and brother of David (1-Sam 16:6). It was he who spoke contemptuously to David when he proposed to fight Goliath (1-Sam 17:28). (4.) One of the Gadite h......