Bible Person

Tabeal

Meaning: Tabeel · Male · 1 cross reference

Tabeal is the father of the proposed puppet king in Isaiah 7:6. He belongs to the political intrigue surrounding the Syro-Ephraimite threat against Judah. First appears in Isa 7:6.1

AI summary: Tabeal matters because his single cross reference helps personify the failed plan to replace David's line with a more compliant ruler. The entry underlines the threat to Judah's dynasty at the moment Isaiah delivers the Immanuel sign. Taken together, the material presents Tabeal as the family source behind an attempted political replacement.1

Central Figure

Tabeal

Meaning: Tabeel

Goodness of God, the father of one whom the kings of Syria and Samaria in vain attempted to place on the throne of Ahaz (Isa.