Person Old Testament
Shuthelah
Also known as Shuthelahite =ESV, NIV; Shuthalhites =KJV
Shuthelah was a son of Ephraim and the ancestor of the Shuthelahite clan within the tribe of Ephraim. Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first at Numbers 26:35.
Why it matters. Son of Ephraim, ancestor of the Shuthelahite clan.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shuthelah
Shuthelah is mentioned in Num.26.35,36 and 1Ch.7.20 as a son of Ephraim, the son of Joseph. He is listed among the descendants of Ephraim who formed the tribe of Ephraim, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. In Num.26.35, the Shuthelahite clan, which descended from Shuthelah, is counted in the census taken in the wilderness. This clan, along with the other Ephraimite clans, formed the tribe of Ephraim, which later received its inheritance in the central region of Canaan after the conquest of the Promised Land under Joshua's leadership. The mention of Shuthelah in the genealogies highlights his role as an ancestor of a significant clan within the tribe of Ephraim.
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
- Ephraim
Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.