Person Old Testament
Eshban
Eshban was a son of Dishon and a Horite chief who lived in the land of Seir. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 36:26.
Why it matters. Son of Dishon, a Horite chief in Seir.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Eshban
Eshban was a son of Dishon, a Horite chief who lived in the land of Seir (Gen.36.26; 1Ch.1.41). The Horites were the original inhabitants of Seir before the descendants of Esau dispossessed them (Deu.2.12).
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.
- Parents
- Dishon
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.