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The following is a list of the known rulers of the Kingdom of
Edom in the
Levant .
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
Zibeon 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
Teman תֵּימָ֣ן
Omar אֹומָ֔ר
Zepho צְפֹ֥ו
Gatam גַעְתָּ֖ם
Kenaz קְנַֽז
Amalek עֲמָלֵ֑ק (by his concubine
Timna
[7] תִמְנַ֣ע the sister of Lotan
[8] the son of Seir)
Kings and governors
Non-hereditary kings
Map of Edom.
Dukes/chiefs
Mountains of Edom
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
[9]
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.
Governors of Idumea under
Herod
Note that the Herodian dynasty itself was of Idumaean extraction.
Joseph ben Antipater (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
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.
Genesis 28 (KJV)
9 Then 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.
Gen 36
2
Esau 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;
3 also
Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth
^ Gen 36
13 And these are the sons of Reuel;
Nahath , and
Zerah ,
Shammah , and
Mizzah : these were the (grand)sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
^ Gen 36
10 These are the names of Esau's sons;
Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau,
Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
^ Gen 36
14 And these were the sons of
Aholibamah , the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon (the Hivite?),
Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau
Jeush , and
Jaalam , and
Korah .
^ Gen 36
11And the sons of Eliphaz were
Teman ,
Omar ,
Zepho , and
Gatam , and
Kenaz .
^ Gen 36
10 These 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
12 And 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
39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
^ Crowell, Bradley L. (2021).
Edom at the Edge of Empire: A Social and Political History . SBL Press. p. 132.
ISBN
978-0-88414-528-8 .