Eliel (אֱלִיאֵל) is a Hebrew proper name meaning "my God is God" or "God is my God," combining eli (my God) and el (God). It is a powerful tautological affirmation — God is definitively and exclusively God. At least ten different men bear this name in 1–2 Chronicles, spanning the roles of Levite musician, military commander, and temple overseer.
The name Eliel is a compact creedal statement. In a world of competing deities and religious pluralism, to name a child "My God is God" was a bold declaration of exclusive monotheism. The men who bore this name were servants of the covenant — musicians who led Israel in worship (1 Chronicles 15:11), warriors who protected the nation, and administrators who kept the temple functioning. When your name is a theology, your life must embody it. The multiplication of men named Eliel in Chronicles suggests that this conviction was passed down through generations: "Whatever the nations worship, our God is THE God." This anticipates the Shema ("Hear O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD is one," Deuteronomy 6:4) and the exclusive claims of Jesus ("I am the way and the truth and the life," John 14:6).