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Obal
OBAL (ō'băl). An early Arab, son of Joktan (
OBAL. Alternate name of Ebal.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(`ebhal, "bare") or (`obhal):
(1) A people and region of Joktanite, Arabia. See Dillmann, Genesis, and Glaser, Skizze, II, 426. The latter form of the name is that given in
(2) A son of Shobal, son of Seir, the Horite (
o’-bal.
See Ebal, 1.