Bible Location
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Chezib was the town where Judah's son Shelah was born, likely related to the Achzib/Cozeba tradition. It is important because it belongs to the domestic geography of Judah's early family narratives. First appears in Gen 38:5.1
Coordinates
31.70, 35.00
First appears
Gen 38:5
AI summary: Chezib matters because family history in Genesis is rooted in named towns, not abstract lineage alone. The place belongs to the morally tangled but historically grounded story of Judah's house.1
Latitude
31.70
Longitude
35.00
Bible references
1
Deceitful, a town where Shelah, the son of Judah, was born (Gen. 38:5). Probably the same as Achzib (q.v.). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.