Bible Person

Shiphtan

Male · 1 cross reference

Shiphtan is the father of Kemuel in Numbers 34:24. He belongs to the family background of a tribal representative involved in dividing the land. First appears in Num 34:24.1

AI summary: Shiphtan matters because his single cross reference supports the identity of one of the leaders chosen to apportion Canaan. Even a brief paternal notice helps root Israel's territorial ordering in remembered households. Taken together, the material presents Shiphtan as a familial source in the apportioning of the land.1

Central Figure

Shiphtan

Judicial, an Ephraimite prince at the time of the division of Canaan (Num.