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JOBAB jo'-bab (yobhabh, perhaps "howling"; Iobab): (1) "Son" of Joktan (Ge 10:29; 1Ch 1:23). See TABLE OF NATIONS. (2) An Edomite king (Ge 36:33,14; 1Ch 1:44,45). (3) King of Madon (Jos 11:1). (4) 1Ch 8:9; and (5) 1Ch 8:18, Benjamites. The name is confused with that of Job in Septuagint of Job 42:17.

Jobab dweller in the desert. (1.) One of the sons of Joktan, and founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 10:29). (2.) King of Edom, succeeded Bela (Gen. 36:33, 34). (3.) A Canaanitish king (Josh. 11:1) who joined the confederacy against Joshua.

Jobab, sorrowful, hated