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Manahath

Also known as half the Manahathites

Manahath was a son of Shobal, a Horite. Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 36:23.

Why it matters. Son of Shobal, a Horite.

Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Manahath

Manahath was a Horite, a descendant of Seir, who lived in the land of Edom. He was the son of Shobal and is mentioned in the genealogies of the Horites (Gen.36.23; 1Ch.1.40).

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

Appears in Scripture

Named in 3 verses across 2 books. 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.