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1. Son of Joktan the Shemite (Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 1:23).
2. Son of Zerah of Bozrah; second king of Edom (Genesis 36:33,34; 1 Chronicles 1:44-45). In the Greek version of the Book of Job, at the end, there is the following addition: "This man is described in the Syriac book as living in the land of Ausis, on the borders of Idumæa and Arabia; and his name before was Jobab; and he, having taken an Arabian wife, begot a son whose name was Ennon. And he himself was the son of Zare, who was one of the sons of Esau, and Bosorrha; so that he was the fifth in descent from Abraham. And these were the kings who reigned in Edom, which country he also ruled over: first Balak, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dennaba; and after Balak Jobab," etc. From this it has been supposed that this Jobab was identical with Job.
3. Canaanitish king of Madon (LXX. "Maron"), whose aid Jabin, King of Hazor, invoked in the struggle with the Israelites (Joshua 11:1).
4. Son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh (LXX. "Ada"); of the tribe of Benjamin, although apparently born in Moab (1 Chronicles 8:8-9). In the Septuagint this Jobab is called "Jolab."
5. A Benjamite, son of Elpaal (1 Chronicles 8:18).E. G. H. B. P.