BEELIADA be’ ə lī’ ə də (בְעֶלְיָדָ֖ע, knows). A son of David, born at Jerusalem (1 Chron 14:7). The name was changed to Eliada (“God knows”) when the name Baal became distasteful because of its associations with idolatry (2 Sam 5:16; 1 Chron 3:8).