Bible Strands

1 Chronicles 1:22

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Chronicler continues a genealogical register, listing descendants in a formal historical account without addressing a specific audience or moment.

The words — עֵיבָל ('eiVal) translates to Ebal, and שְׁבָא (sheVa) translates to Sheba, each preceded by the object marker וְ/אֶת (ve) that marks them as items in a list.

The thread — The identical sequence appears in Genesis 10:28 within the Table of Nations genealogy.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to track ancestral continuity and verify names across parallel records without supplying additional meaning.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

Cross-references

People named

AbimaelObalSheba