Bible Person

Jobab

Meaning: sorrowful · Male · 1 cross reference

This Jobab entry refers to a Benjaminite family figure in 1 Chronicles 8:18, not to the other Benjaminite Jobab in verse 9 or the Canaanite king defeated in Joshua. He belongs to the compact genealogical material preserving the tribe's internal branches. First appears in 1 Chr 8:18.1

AI summary: This Jobab matters because his single cross reference contributes one more name to Benjamin's densely layered family record. Even a brief genealogical entry helps preserve the continuity and detail of the tribe's internal structure. Taken together, the material presents this Jobab as a Benjaminite family figure in the preserved genealogy.1