person
Husham
חֻשָׁם
Husham was a king of Edom who reigned before the Israelites had kings, according to the genealogies in Genesis and 1 Chronicles.
- verses
- 4
- first named
- Genesis 36:34
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 1:46
- period
- the Patriarchs
- tribe
- Edom
Description
Who was Husham?
Husham is mentioned in the genealogies of Edom in Gen.36.34-35 and 1Ch.1.45-46. He was one of the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned.
According to the records, Husham succeeded Jobab as king of Edom. He was from the land of the Temanites, a region within Edom known for its wisdom (Jer.49.7; Oba.1.9).
After Husham's death, Hadad, son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. The mention of these kings and their territories provides insight into the political structure and history of Edom.
The inclusion of Edomite kings in the biblical genealogies is significant, as it demonstrates the relationship between the Edomites and the Israelites. The Edomites were descendants of Esau, the twin brother of Israel (or 'Jacob') (Israel), and the two nations had a complex history of conflict and coexistence.
These genealogies also serve to highlight the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that he would be the father of many nations (Gen.17.4-6), as well as the prophecy given to Rebekah that two nations would come from her sons, Jacob and Esau (Gen.25.23).
Relations
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Places
Where this happens
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The pattern
Where Husham 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.
4 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in Genesis (2) and 1 Chronicles (2).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 2 books.
Onward
Where this page goes
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