Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-82.22.118.31-20150822121822/@comment-68.227.63.251-20150827083722

"...his name is derived from Eliab, the oldest and strongest of the Biblical King David's seven brothers... and David happens to be Solid Snake's real name."

"... there were originally eight clones of Big Boss but out of those only two survived."

King David had 7 brothers including Eliab, so there were 8 sons. Big Boss had 8 clones/sons of himself, but only two survived, one named David and the other named... Eli? Coincidence?