Person Old Testament
Chislon
Also known as Chislon =ESV, KJV; Kislon =NIV
Chislon was the father of Elidad, a leader from the tribe of Benjamin. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Numbers 34:21.
Why it matters. Father of Elidad, a leader from Benjamin
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Chislon
Chislon is mentioned in Num.34.21 as the father of Elidad, who was appointed as a leader from the tribe of Benjamin. Elidad was one of the representatives chosen to help divide the land of Canaan among the Israelite tribes after the conquest. Each tribe had a designated leader for this task, and Elidad was selected from Benjamin.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Children
- Elidad
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Numbers (1 verse)