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Shobab

Mentioned 1052–1042 BC traditional (Jones)

One of David’s sons by Bathseheba (2 Sam. 5:14).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
David
Mother
Bathsheba
Siblings
Eliada, Eliphalet, Elishua, Elpalet, Ibhar, Japhia, Nathan, Nepheg, 6 more
Half-siblings
Absalom, Adonijah, Amnon, Daniel, Ithream, Shephatiah
Born at
Jerusalem
Tagged in
3 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent. Large families are folded into one node; select it to open them.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Shobab, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Jerusalem3

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1077–1017 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Samuel1
  2. 1 Chronicles2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBShobab 4
KJVShobab 4
ASVShobab 4

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Every verse

All 3 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Samuel1 verse
  1. 5:14

    These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

1 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 3:5

    and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.

  2. 14:4

    These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

One of David’s sons by Bathseheba (2 Sam. 5:14).