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Ishbak

Ishbak (Generation 21 • Child of Abram/Abraham ): Ishbak is a biblical figure in Generation 21, child of Abram/Abraham . ( Genesis 25:1-2 ) Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Twelve Tribes of Israel —Descended from the twelve sons of Jacob ( Israel )— Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Dan , Naphtali , Gad , Asher , Issachar , Zebulun , Joseph ( Ephraim and Manasseh ), and Benjamin —the Twelve Tribes formed the covenant nation of Israel.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Ishbak (Generation 21 • Child of Abram/Abraham ): Ishbak is a biblical figure in Generation 21, child of Abram/Abraham . ( Genesis 25:1-2 ) (mentioned in Genesis 25 , 1 Chronicles 1 ) Abram/Abraham (Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah ): ( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world. (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 , Genesis 17 ) Rephaiah (Generation 39 • Child of Binea ): Rephaiah is a biblical figure in Generation 39, child of Binea , parent of Eleasah . ( 1 Chronicles 9:43 ) (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3 , 1 Chronicles 4 , 1 Chronicles 7 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Phrygia (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 2:10 , Acts 16:6 , Acts 18:23 (identified with Laodicea ).) Shimron-meron (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 12:20 (identified with Shimron ).) Smyrna (Ancient biblical location referenced in Rev 1:11 , Rev 2:8 .) Shimron (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:1 , Josh 19:15 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: The Cyrus Cylinder — Ancient barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on behalf of King Cyrus the Great after his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, recording his policy of restoring exiled peoples and sacred temple vessels to their homelands—paralleling the decree in Ezra 1:1–4 and 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 . Canaanite Storage Jar (Amphora) — Large ovoid terracotta storage amphora (pithos/kad) with twin vertical loop handles excavated in Canaan and housed at the Israel Museum, used throughout the patriarchal, Conquest, and Judges periods to store grain, olive oil, wine, and water.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 25:2 : "And she bare him Zimran , and Jokshan , and Medan , and Midian , and Ishbak , and Shuah ."; 1 Chronicles 1:32 : "Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham 's concubine: she bare Zimran , and Jokshan , and Medan , and Midian , and Ishbak , and Shuah . And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba , and Dedan .". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 25 ( Genesis • Chapter 25 (34 verses)), 1 Chronicles 1 ( 1 Chronicles • Chapter 1 (54 verses)), John 19 ( John • Chapter 19 (42 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Ishbak
99% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Abram/Abraham

Ishbak is a biblical figure in Generation 21, child of Abram/Abraham . ( Genesis 25:1-2 )

Genesis 25
99% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 25 (34 verses)

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran , and Jokshan , and Medan , and Midian , and Ishbak , and Shuah . And Jokshan begat Sheba , and Dedan . And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Zimran , Jokshan, Medan , Midian , Sheba , Dedan, Ephah , Machpelah .

Abram/Abraham
99% Messianic Line
Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Phrygia
75% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Laodicea • 37.770°N, 29.065°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 2:10 , Acts 16:6 , Acts 18:23 (identified with Laodicea ).

Shimron-meron
74% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Shimron • 32.705°N, 35.213°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 12:20 (identified with Shimron ).

Smyrna
72% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 38.452°N, 27.162°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Rev 1:11 , Rev 2:8 .

Shimron
71% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.705°N, 35.213°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:1 , Josh 19:15 .

Rephaiah
71% Gen 39
Generation 39 • Child of Binea

Rephaiah is a biblical figure in Generation 39, child of Binea , parent of Eleasah . ( 1 Chronicles 9:43 )

Shilhim
69% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Sharuhen • 31.282°N, 34.483°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:32 (identified with Sharuhen ).

Ecbatana
69% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 34.798°N, 48.515°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezra 6:2 .

Masrekah
66% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Bozrah 1 • 30.735°N, 35.606°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 36:36 , 1 Chr 1:47 (identified with Bozrah 1 ).

παραβάτης
parabates (parabátēs) [par-ab-at'-ace]
G3848 Greek noun masculine 5x
one who stands beside, the warrior who stands by the charioteer, a transgressor

Primary meaning: one who stands beside, the warrior who stands by the charioteer, a transgressor. Strong's: a violator. Lexical nuances: one who stands beside , the warrior who stands by the charioteer (cf. παραβαίνω , 1).

Derivation: from G3845 (παραβαίνω);
גִּלּוּל
gillul (gillûl) [ghil-LOOL]
H1536 Hebrew noun masculine 48x
idols, dung-pellets, contemptible images

Idols, blocky shapeless things, dung-pellets; disparaging term in Ezekiel for pagan idols defiling Israel and provoking divine wrath.

Derivation: From גָּלַל (H1556) to roll; related to dung.
Uzzen-sheerah
64% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.888°N, 35.046°E

now Beit Sera. Referenced in 1 Chr 7:24 .

Temple Warning Inscription — Greek Soreg Warning to Gentiles
IMAGE • archaeology

Limestone slab warning non-Jews on pain of death not to enter past the balustrade (soreg) into the inner Temple courts ( Acts 21:28 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
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VIDEO • educational

Cinematic survey of the Old City of Jerusalem , showing the Temple Mount, Western Wall, Mount of Olives , and Kidron Valley .

Historical Cartography Society • Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Seal of Isaiah the Prophet — Clay Bulla with 'Yesha'yahu Nvy'
IMAGE • archaeology

Clay sealing unearthed just south of the Temple Mount bearing the inscription 'Yesha'yahu [N]vy' ( Isaiah the Prophet).

Judean Royal Court Seals • The Israel Museum, Jerusalem CC-BY-SA 4.0
Interactive 3D Cuneiform Artifact • Ezra 1:1–4

Ancient barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on behalf of King Cyrus the Great after his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, recording his policy of restoring exiled peoples and sacred temple vessels to their homelands—paralleling the decree in Ezra 1:1–4 and 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 .

John 19
4% Chapter
John • Chapter 19 (42 verses)

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus , and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , Joseph , Gabbatha , Golgotha .

Deuteronomy 19
4% Chapter
Deuteronomy • Chapter 19 (21 verses)

When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .

Interactive 3D Ceramic Vessel • Judges 7:16 & 1 Kings 17:12

Large ovoid terracotta storage amphora (pithos/kad) with twin vertical loop handles excavated in Canaan and housed at the Israel Museum, used throughout the patriarchal, Conquest, and Judges periods to store grain, olive oil, wine, and water.

Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

Descended from the twelve sons of Jacob ( Israel )— Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Dan , Naphtali , Gad , Asher , Issachar , Zebulun , Joseph ( Ephraim and Manasseh ), and Benjamin —the Twelve Tribes formed the covenant nation of Israel.

Judges 21
4% Chapter
Judges • Chapter 21 (25 verses)

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah , saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; And said, O Lord God of Israel , why is t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Benjamin , Canaan , Mizpah 3 , Jabesh , Shiloh , Rimmon 2 .

Pool of Siloam — Excavations of the Lower Byzantine & Herodian Pool
IMAGE • archaeology

Monumental stone steps and promenade where Jesus sent the man born blind to wash in John 9:7 .

Second Temple Jerusalem Engineers • Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Joshua 20
4% Chapter
Joshua • Chapter 20 (9 verses)

The Lord also spake unto Joshua , saying, Speak to the children of Israel , saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses : That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge ... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Naphtali , Ephraim , Kedesh 1 , Galilee , Shechem , Hebron .

Judges 7
4% Chapter
Judges • Chapter 7 (25 verses)

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod : so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh , in the valley. And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are wi... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Midian , Amalekites , Joash , Abel , Harod , Moreh 1 , Gilead .

Behistun Inscription — Darius the Great Trilingual Relief
IMAGE • archaeology

Colossal rock relief in Iran carved in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian, key to deciphering cuneiform and Persian royal decrees in Ezra .

Achaemenid Persian Stonemasons (Darius the Great) • UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bisotun CC-BY-SA 4.0
Carchemish
4% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 36.829°N, 38.016°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 35:20 , Isa 10:9 , Jer 46:2 .

Hezekiah Tunnel Inscription (Siloam Inscription)
IMAGE • archaeology

Paleo-Hebrew monumental inscription carved inside the bedrock of Hezekiah 's water tunnel commemorating the breakthrough of the two tunneling crews ( 2 Kings 20:20 ).

Royal Hebrew Stonecutters of King Hezekiah • Istanbul Archaeology Museums / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gob
4% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Gezer • 31.876°N, 34.922°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 21:18 , 2 Sam 21:19 (identified with Gezer ).

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 6–9

Cuneiform clay tablet excavated at Nineveh from the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal and deciphered by George Smith in 1872. Recording the Mesopotamian flood narrative (releasing a dove, swallow, and raven as the ark comes to rest on a mountain), it provides a remarkable ancient Near Eastern comparative witness alongside Genesis 6 –9.

Naioth
4% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Mizpah 3 • 31.833°N, 35.180°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 19:18 , 1 Sam 19:19 , 1 Sam 19:22 , 1 Sam 19:23 , 1 Sam 20:1 (identified with Mizpah 3 ).

Tel Dan High Place — Sacred Precinct of Jeroboam's Golden Calf
IMAGE • archaeology

Monumental stone podium and horned altar enclosure established by Jeroboam I at Dan to rival Jerusalem .

Northern Kingdom of Israel Stone Builders • Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Scripture Passages (2)

Genesis 25:2 (KJV)
Genesis 25 KJV

And she bare him Zimran , and Jokshan , and Medan , and Midian , and Ishbak , and Shuah .

1 Chronicles 1:32 (KJV)
1 Chronicles 1 KJV

Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham 's concubine: she bare Zimran , and Jokshan , and Medan , and Midian , and Ishbak , and Shuah . And the sons of Jokshan ; Sheba , and Dedan .

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