List of rulers of Edom
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The following is a list of the known rulers of the Kingdom of Edom in the Levant.
Kings[]
Descendants of Esau[]
Esau עֵשָׂו (Edom אֱדֹֽום) Married three wives[1]
- Reuel[2] רְעוּאֵֽל By Basemath בָּשְׂמַ֥ת (daughter of Elon the Hittite, wife of Ishmael?)[3] Also called Mahalath (the sister of Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael) Married just after Jacob's flight to Haran
- Nahath נַ֥חַת
- Zerah זֶ֖רַח (father of Jobab, 2nd Duke of Edom?)
- Shammah שַׁמָּ֣ה
- Mizzah מִזָּ֑ה
- Jeush יְע֥וּשׁ By Oholibamah[4] אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ (daughter of Anah עֲנָ֔ה (the wife of Beeri?) the daughter of צִבְעֹ֖ון the Hivite). (Also called Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite) Married just before Jacob's flight to Haran
- Jalam יַעְלָ֖ם
- Korah קֹ֑רַח
- Eliphaz[5] אֱלִיפָ֑ז By Adah[6] עָדָ֗ה daughter of Elon אֵילֹון֙ the Hittite. (possibly the same Eliphaz the Temanite in the Book of Job) Married before Jacob's flight to Haran
Implied non-hereditary kings[]
king | son of | from | city |
---|---|---|---|
Bela | Beor | Dinhabah | |
Jobab | Zerah | Bozrah | |
Husham | Land of Teman | ||
Hadad | Avith | ||
Samlah | Masrekah | ||
Shaul | Rehoboth on the river | ||
Baal-hanan | Achbor | ||
Hadad | Pau (P'ai) |
Dukes/chiefs[]
- Timnah (Timna)
- Aliah (Alvah)
- Jetheth
- Oholibamah
- Elah
- Pinon
- Kenaz
- Teman II
- Mibzar
- Magdiel
- Iram
- To Israel c. 990-922
- ?
- To Judah 922 - early 9th century
- ?
- To Assyria 724-612
- Malik-rammu (Assyrian name; Edomite name Melek-ram) fl. c. 740
- Salmanu fl. c. 735 (Assyrian name; Edomite name unknown)
- Kaus-gabri fl. c. 700 (Assyrian name; Edomite name Qos-geber)
- Kaus-malaka fl c. 700 (Assyrian name; Edomite name Qos-melek)
- To Babylon 612-539
- ?
- Independence 539-c. 275
- ?
- To the Seleucid Empire c. 200-160
- ? c. 270 - c. 200
- Gorigas 160s
- ? 160-109
- Governors of Idumea under the Hasmonean dynasty 109 BC.
- Antipas c. 100-78
- Antipater 78-43
Governors of Idumea under Herod[]
Note that the Herodian dynasty itself was of Idumaean extraction.
- (brother of Herod the Great). c. 43-35
- Costobarus (brother-in-law of Herod the Great).......30s
- To Judea directly.................................30s-4
- To Rome..........................................4 BC- AD 60
Governors of Idumea under the Revolutionary government of Judaea[]
- Niger the Perean
- Joshua ben Saphas ha-Kohen
- Eleazar ben Hananiah
- To Rome
References[]
- ^ Gen 26
- When Esau was forty years old, he married
- Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also
- Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
- 35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
- 9Then went Esau unto Ishmael whom God blessed (Genesis 17:20), and took unto the wives which he had
- Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's chosen son (Gen. 17:20), the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
- 2Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan;
- Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and
- Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
- 3also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth
- ^ Gen 36
13And these are the sons of Reuel;
- ^ Gen 36
- ^ Gen 36
14And these were the sons of
Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon (the Hivite?), Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau
- ^ Gen 36 11And the sons of Eliphaz were , Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
- ^ Gen 36
10These are the names of Esau's sons;- Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau,
- Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.
- ^ Gen 36
12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son;
and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the (grand)sons of Adah Esau's wife. - ^ 1 Chron 1
39And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
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