One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Shobal. Every Shobal in the Bible
person
Shobal
שׁוֹבָל
Shobal was a Judahite, the son of Hur and the father (ie founder) of Kiriath-jearim.
- verses
- 4
- first named
- 1 Chronicles 2:50
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 4:2
- period
- Egypt and Wilderness
- tribe
- Judah
Description
Who was Shobal?
Shobal is mentioned in 1Ch.2.50,52 and 1Ch.4.1,2 as a descendant of Judah through Hur, the son of Caleb, though the text is difficult to interpret. He is described as the father (ie founder) of Kiriath-jearim, a city in Judah. The genealogy in 1Chronicles 2 lists Shobal among the descendants of Hur, along with his brothers Salma and Hareph. In 1Chronicles 4, Shobal is mentioned again as the father of Reaiah, who was the father of Jahath. This passage also states that the families of Kiriath-jearim, including the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites, were descended from Shobal. These clans were known for their various occupations, such as scribes, linen workers, and potters. Shobal's mention in the genealogies of Judah highlights his role as an ancestor of prominent families and clans within the tribe.
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.
The 10 best-attested of 13 are drawn. All 13 are listed below.
Child of
- Hurregistry1 Chronicles 2:50
Descendant of
Father of
- Haroehregistry1 Chronicles 4:2
- Menuhothregistry, no verse
Progenitor of
Sibling of
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.
The pattern
Where Shobal 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 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in 1 Chronicles (4).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 1 book.
1 Chronicles4 verses
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.
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