Atlas Biblica

    person

    Elpaal

    אֶלְפַּ֫עַל

    Elpaal was a Benjamite, the son of Shaharaim, and the founder of several towns.

    verses
    3
    first named
    1 Chronicles 8:11
    last named
    1 Chronicles 8:18
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Benjamin

    Description

    Who was Elpaal?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Elpaal is mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin as one of the sons of Shaharaim (1Ch.8.11). He is listed among the descendants of Benjamin who lived in Jerusalem. The text provides some details about Elpaal's family and his role in establishing settlements. Elpaal had two wives, Hushim and Baara, and several children (1Ch.8.11). He is credited with building the towns of Ono and Lod, along with their surrounding villages (1Ch.8.12). This suggests that Elpaal was a prominent figure in the Benjamite community and played a significant role in the expansion and development of their territory. The genealogy also mentions that Elpaal and his brothers were heads of families living in Jerusalem (1Ch.8.18), indicating their leadership roles within the tribe. No further details are provided about Elpaal's life, his specific accomplishments, or the timeline of his activities. His inclusion in the genealogy of Benjamin serves to highlight the growth and settlement of the tribe in the region and to establish the family lineage of notable figures within the Benjamite community.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Elpaal 10 of 25 entities the graph connects to Elpaal, in 2 groups: kinship 7, events 3. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.BeriahFather of · 2 versesHushimChild of · 1 event · 2 versesAbitubSibling of · 1 event · 1 verseEberFather of · 1 verseHeberFather of · 1 verseHizkiFather of · 1 verseIshmeraiFather of · 1 verseKinshipSon1 event · 218 versesMoab1 event · 160 versesHodesh1 event · 1 verseEventsElpaal

    The 10 best-attested of 25 are drawn. All 25 are listed below.

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    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Elpaal happens The one place the claims about Elpaal reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Moab. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Elpaal there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Moab
    Divided MonarchyThe one place the claims about Elpaal reach

    The pattern

    Where Elpaal is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 3 verses across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS1 CHRONICLES3 VERSES53 books and 822 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 3 verses across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS1 CHRONICLES3 VERSES53 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Elpaal is named in 3 verses — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 65 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 1 book.

    1. 1 Chronicles3 verses

      8:118:128:18

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Jeuz and Jobab, and 6 moreHodeshWife of Shaharaim, a Benjamitevia ShaharaimBaaraA wife of Shaharaim, a Benjamite.via BeriahAhioSon of Beriah, a Benjamitevia BeriahAradA Benjamite, son of Beriah.via BeriahEderDescendant of Benjamin, son of Beriahvia BeriahIshpahDescendant of Benjamin through Beriah.via BeriahJeremothSon of Beriah, a Benjamite leader in Jerusalem.via BeriahJohaA Benjaminite, son of Beriahvia BeriahMichaelA Benjamite, son of Beriah.
    ElsewhereGenealogy of ElpaalEvery ancestor and every descendant the text names, both gospel lines where they differ.

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