Bible Person
Meaning: his raiment; his left hand; his astonishment · Male · 4 cross references
Samlah is an Edomite king in the royal succession lists of Genesis and Chronicles. His brief appearance contributes to the preserved political memory of Edom before Israel's monarchy dominates the narrative. First appears in Gen 36:36.1
AI summary: Samlah matters because the cross references place him within the sequence of remembered Edomite kings, showing again that Israel's neighbors possessed their own dynastic continuity and royal history. Even short notices like this widen the geopolitical horizon of Scripture. Taken together, the material presents Samlah as an Edomite king whose name helps preserve the royal memory of Edom.1
Central Figure
Samlah
Meaning: his raiment; his left hand; his astonishment
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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.