Person Old Testament
Ishbah
Ishbah's sons were the father (ie founder) of Eshtemoa and Keilah, mentioned in the genealogy of Judah.. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 4:17.
Why it matters. Son of Mered in the genealogy of Judah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Ishbah
Ishbah is mentioned only once in the Bible, in 1Ch.4.17, within the genealogical records of the descendants of Judah. He is identified as the father (ie founder) of Keilah and Eshtemoa, a town allotted to the Levites within the territory of Judah (Jos.21.14), likely named after Ishbah's son or his descendants who settled there.
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.
Connections
No reviewed connections yet.
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.
- Spouse
- Hodiah (?)
- Children
- Maacathites (?)
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)