Bible Person
Male · 1 cross reference
Shobi is the son of Nahash of Rabbah in 2 Samuel 17:27. He belongs to the network of unexpected supporters who sustain David during Absalom's revolt. First appears in 2 Sam 17:27.1
AI summary: Shobi matters because his single cross reference shows an Ammonite-connected figure supplying David in a moment of weakness and displacement. The entry highlights how God's provision can come through politically surprising relationships. Taken together, the material presents Shobi as a supporter of David in exile-like distress.1
Central Figure
Shobi
Captor, son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite.
Captor, son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite. He showed kindness to David when he fled from Jerusalem to Mahanaim (2 Sam. 17:27). 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.