Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
- BSB When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
- ESV Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
- NKJV When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
- NASB Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place.
- NLT When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king in his place.
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Quick answer
This records Jobab's death and Husham the Temanite succeeding him. It continues Edom's royal succession.
Overview
After Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned. Teman was associated with wisdom and was itself an Edomite region (36:11). The repeated pattern of one king dying and another from a different area rising shows that Edom's throne was not held by a single dynasty.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Jer 49:7Of Edom. Yahweh of Armies says: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
- Gen 36:15These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
- Gen 36:11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
- Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
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