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Person Old Testament

Mahlah

Also known as Mahlah =ESV, NIV; Mahalah =KJV

Mahlah was the daughter of Zelophehad's sister. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:18.

Why it matters. Daughter of Zelophehad's sister.

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Mahlah

Mahlah is mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Manasseh. She was the daughter of Zelophehad's sister, who is not named in the text.

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)

    7:18

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