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Jobab
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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- Son of Joktan the Shemite (Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 1:23).
- Son of Zerah of Bozrah; second king of Edom (Genesis 36:33,34; 1 Chronicles 1:44-45). In the Greek version of the Book of Job, at the end, there is the following addition: "This man is described in the Syriac book as living in the land of Ausis, on the borders of Idumæa and Arabia; and his name before was Jobab; and he, having taken an Arabian wife, begot a son whose name was Ennon. And he himself was the son of Zare, who was one of the sons of Esau, and Bosorrha; so that he was the fifth in descent from Abraham. And these were the kings who reigned in Edom, which country he also ruled over: first Balak, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dennaba; and after Balak Jobab," etc. From this it has been supposed that this Jobab was identical with Job.
- Canaanitish king of Madon (LXX. "Maron"), whose aid Jabin, King of Hazor, invoked in the struggle with the Israelites (Joshua 11:1).
- Son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh (LXX. "Ada"); of the tribe of Benjamin, although apparently born in Moab (1 Chronicles 8:8-9). In the Septuagint this Jobab is called "Jolab."
- A Benjamite, son of Elpaal (1 Chronicles 8:18).E. G. H. B. P.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Jobab'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​j/jobab.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Jobab'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​j/jobab.html. 1901.