Bible Dictionary
Genubath
Genubath was the son of Hadad the Edomite and an Egyptian princess. He was brought up in Pharaoh’s household.
Definition
Genubath was the son of Hadad, an Edomite prince, and an Egyptian princess who was related to Tahpenes, the queen of Pharaoh. He was brought up in Pharaoh’s household.
Biblical Usage
Genubath appears in the account of Hadad’s flight from David and his residence in Egypt.
Historical Background
His mother was a sister of Tahpenes, the queen of the Egyptian ruler of that time. The supplied material associates the setting with the latter part of David’s reign and with Egypt’s twenty-first dynasty.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Theft, the son of Hadad, of the Edomitish royal family. He was brought up in Pharaoh’s household. His mother was a sister of Tahpenes, the king of Egypt’s wife, mentioned in 1 Kings 11:20.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
the son of Hadad, an Edomite of the royal family, by an Egyptian princess, the sister of Tahpenes, the queen of the Pharaoh who governed Egypt in the latter part of the reign of David. (1 Kings 11:20) comp. 1Kin 11:16 (B.C. 1015.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ge-nu'-bath (genubhath, "theft"): Son of Hadad, the fugitive Edomite prince, born and brought up at the court of Egypt, whither Hadad had fled when David conquered Edom (1Ki 11:20). His mother was a sister of Tahpenes, queen of the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt at that time, and who belonged to the notoriously weak and uninfluential 21st dynasty.</p>