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Shobal

Mentioned 1720–1469 BC traditional (Jones)

One of the sons of Caleb, and a descendant of Hur (1 Chr. 2:50, 52; 4:1, 2).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Hur
Child
Reaiah
Siblings
Ezer, Hazelelponi, Idbash, Ishma, Jezreel, Penuel, Uri, Hareph, 1 more
Tagged in
4 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children; a button shows the grandchildren. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent. Large families are folded into one node; select it to open them.

Family tree of Shobal: two generations up and down, with partners and siblings.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1783–1406 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Timeline of Shobal’s mentions beside the people of the same era.

Mentions

Begat counts Shobal in 4 tagged verses in one book.

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  1. 1 Chronicles4

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBShobal 9
KJVShobal 9
ASVShobal 9

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Every verse

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1 Chronicles4 verses
  1. 2:50

    These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

  2. 2:52

    These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,

  3. 4:1

    The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

  4. 4:2

    Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

One of the sons of Caleb, and a descendant of Hur (1 Chr. 2:50, 52; 4:1, 2).