Bible Person
Meaning: sorrowful · Male · 4 cross references
Jobab is an Edomite king who succeeds Bela in the early royal lists of Genesis and Chronicles. He belongs to the remembered succession of rulers in Edom before Israel's monarchy becomes central. First appears in Gen 36:33.1
AI summary: Jobab matters because the cross references preserve him as part of Edom's political memory and dynastic succession. Even in brief form, his place helps show that Israel's neighbors possessed their own established royal histories. Such notices widen the horizon of the biblical world. Taken together, the material presents Jobab as an Edomite king whose name contributes to the preserved royal history of Edom.1
Central Figure
Jobab
Meaning: sorrowful
King of Edom, succeeded Bela (Gen.
King of Edom, succeeded Bela (Gen. 36:33, 34). 3
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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.