Ebal; Obal

EBAL; OBAL

e'-bal (`ebhal, "bare") or (`obhal):

(1) A people and region of Joktanite, Arabia. See Dillmann, Genesis, and Glaser, Skizze, II, 426. The latter form of the name is that given in Genesis 10:28, the former in 1 Chronicles 1:22 and in the Sam text of Genesis 10:28.

(2) A son of Shobal, son of Seir, the Horite (Genesis 36:23; 1 Chronicles 1:40).


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'EBAL; OBAL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.