Eleazar (II)

II. ELEAZAR, the son of Aminadab, to whose care the Ark was committed, when it was sent back by the Phili stins. It is believed that Eleazar was a Priest, or at least a Levite, tho’ his name is not inserted in the catalogues of the 1 Sam. vii. 1. In the Year of the World 2888, before J. C. 1112, before the Vulgar Æra 1116.sons of Levi. He dwelt at Gibeah, which probably was the safest and most elevated place in the city of Kirjath-jearim. Gibeah in Hebrew signifies an eminence. The Scripture says, that Eleazar was consecrated to be the guardian of the Ark of the Lord; whether this consecration were a bare appointment to this employment, or that he received the Sacerdotal Unction, or was obliged to purify himself in order to receive this Sacred Depositum in his house,

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