1 Chronicles 1:44
New Revised Standard Version
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah succeeded him.

Contemporary English Version
After Bela's death, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king.

New American Bible
When Bela died, Jobab, son of Zerah, from Bozrah, succeeded him as king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Bale died, and Jobab the son of Zare of Bosra, reigned in his stead.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Bale died, and Jobab the son of Zare of Bosra, reigned in his stead.

Bozrah.

Isaiah 34:6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made thick with the blood of lambs and buck goats, with the blood of rams full of marrow: for there is a victim of the Lord in Bosra and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in his robe, walking in the greatness of his strength. I, that speak justice, and am a defender to save.

Jeremiah 49:13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bosra shall become a desolation, and a reproach, and a desert, and a curse: and all her cities shall be everlasting wastes.

Amos 1:12 I will send a fire into Theman: and it shall devour the houses of Bosra.

Micah 2:12 Would God I were not a man that hath the spirit, and that I rather spoke a lie: I will let drop to thee of wine, and of drunkenness: and it shall be this people upon whom it shall drop.

Context
The Rulers of Edom
43Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there was a king over the children of Israel: Bale the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Denaba. 44And Bale died, and Jobab the son of Zare of Bosra, reigned in his stead.45And when Jobab also was dead, Husam of the land of the Themanites reigned in his stead.…
Cross References
Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made thick with the blood of lambs and buck goats, with the blood of rams full of marrow: for there is a victim of the Lord in Bosra and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bosra shall become a desolation, and a reproach, and a desert, and a curse: and all her cities shall be everlasting wastes.

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