Bible Person
Meaning: sorrowful · Male · 1 cross reference
This Jobab entry refers to the king of Madon who joins the northern coalition against Joshua, not to the Benjaminite genealogical figures of the same name. He belongs to the Canaanite resistance that confronts Israel's advance into the land. First appears in Josh 11:1.1
AI summary: This Jobab matters because his single cross reference places him among the kings who unite in opposition to Joshua's campaign. The entry helps show the scale of resistance Israel faces and the regional coordination of Canaanite power. Taken together, the material presents this Jobab as a northern king aligned against Israel's conquest.1
Central Figure
Jobab
Meaning: sorrowful
A Canaanitish king (Josh.
A Canaanitish king (Josh. 11:1) who joined the confederacy against Joshua. 3
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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.