Bible Person

Jobab

Meaning: sorrowful · Male · 1 cross reference

This Jobab entry refers to a Benjaminite family figure in 1 Chronicles 8:9, not to the other Benjaminite Jobab in verse 18 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 8:9.1

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