Person Old Testament
Heber
Heber was a Benjamite, one of the sons of Elpaal. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 8:17.
Why it matters. A Benjamite, son of Elpaal.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Heber
Heber is mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin in 1 Chronicles as one of the sons of Elpaal. Elpaal was a descendant of Shaharaim and had several children, including Heber. The genealogy in 1Chronicles 8 lists the descendants of Benjamin who lived in Jerusalem. No further information is provided about this Heber in the Bible. (1Ch.8.17).
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
- Elpaal
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)