Ben-zoheth
Ben-zoheth was a descendant of Judah through Ishi.
Biography
Ben-zoheth was a descendant of Judah through the line of Ishi, recorded in the genealogical lists of 1 Chronicles 4:20. His name, which may be rendered "son of Zoheth," places him within the broader Judahite tribal clan structure that the Chronicler carefully documented to establish continuity of covenant lineage from the patriarchs to the post-exilic community. No narrative episodes involving Ben-zoheth are preserved in Scripture beyond this genealogical notation. He represents one of the many individuals whose names survive only in the registers of tribal ancestry, bearing silent testimony to the lived reality of God's covenant people across centuries of history in the land of Canaan during the period of the Divided Monarchy.
Significance
Ben-zoheth's presence in the Chronicler's genealogies reflects the theological conviction that God's covenant operates through real human families across real historical time. The careful enumeration of names like his in 1 Chronicles underscores the corporate dimension of biblical faith, God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were not abstract spiritual realities but were worked out in the births, lives, and inheritances of countless individuals. Within the tribe of Judah, these genealogies carry additional weight as the covenantal lineage from which the Davidic dynasty and ultimately the Messiah would come, making every Judahite name a thread in the fabric of redemption history.
Verse Appearances (1)
1 Chronicles
References
- Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
- Tyndale House, Cambridge (n.d.) Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References (TIPNR). STEPBible. Available at: https://www.stepbible.org. [CC BY 4.0]
- Church of England (1769) The Holy Bible, Authorized (King James) Version. [Public Domain]