am 3029-3046, bc 975-958 daughter: Eliab was David's eldest brother; and more than eighty years had elapsed since David, at the age of thirty, began to reign: Abigail must therefore have been grand-daughter to Eliab; and this shows the latitude in which the words son and daughter are used in Scripture. Eliab: 1Sa 16:6, 1Sa 17:13, 1Sa 17:28, 1Ch 2:13, 1Ch 27:18, Elihu Reciprocal: 2Sa 5:13 - General