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Haroeh

Also known as Reaiah

Haroeh or Reaiah was the father of half the inhabitants of Manuhoth. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Chronicles 2:52.

Why it matters. Father of half the inhabitants of Manuhoth.

Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Haroeh

Haroeh, also known as Reaiah, was the father of half the inhabitants of Manuhoth. Manuhoth was likely a town or village in Judah. Haroeh is mentioned in the genealogies of Judah recorded in the book of 1 Chronicles. He was a descendant of Shobal, who was a descendant of Judah's son Hur. No other information is provided about Haroeh or Reaiah in the Bible. (1Ch.2.52; 4.2).

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
Shobal
Children
Jahath

Appears in Scripture

Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.