Bible Person

Shemeber

Meaning: name of force; name of the strong · Male · 1 cross reference

Shemeber is the king of Zeboiim in Genesis 14:2. He belongs to the coalition of city-kings drawn into the war around Sodom and Gomorrah. First appears in Gen 14:2.1

AI summary: Shemeber matters because his single cross reference helps populate the network of rulers involved in Genesis' earliest large-scale war narrative. The entry adds geopolitical texture to the setting from which Lot must later be rescued. Taken together, the material presents Shemeber as a king in the battle of the eastern coalition.1

Central Figure

Shemeber

Meaning: name of force; name of the strong

Soaring on high, the king of Zeboiim, who joined with the other kings in casting off the yoke of Chedorlaomer.