Person Old Testament
Jehu
Jehu was a descendant of Judah through Obed, as recorded in the genealogy in 1 Chronicles. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 2:38.
Why it matters. Son of Obed, a descendant of Judah.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jehu
Jehu, the son of Obed, is mentioned in the genealogy of Judah in 1 Chronicles. He was a descendant of Hezron, one of the sons of Perez, who was a son of Judah.
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.
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)