Eliab was really revealing the content of his own heart. That’s really what was happening. In essence Eliab didn’t have enough perception to see the spiritual qualities in his own brother, who was raised up in the same household with him. One of the main qualities of a king was to have perception. A king would have to be a good judge of character. And, if he couldn’t properly judge the character of his own brother, how was he going to judge the character of strangers who would come before him? God