Atlas Biblica

    person

    Shobi

    שֹׁבִי

    Shobi was an Ammonite who brought supplies to David at Mahanaim when he was fleeing from his son Absalom.

    verses
    1
    first named
    2 Samuel 17:27
    last named
    2 Samuel 17:28
    period
    United Monarchy
    tribe
    Ammon

    Description

    Who was Shobi?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Shobi is mentioned in 2Sa.17.27 as an Ammonite from Rabbah who, along with Machir and Barzillai, brought supplies to David and his followers at Mahanaim. This event occurred during the rebellion of David's son Absalom when David was forced to flee from Jerusalem. Shobi, despite being an Ammonite, showed kindness and support to David in his time of need. He provided beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, honey, curds, sheep, and cheese for David and the people with him. This act of generosity was significant, as it demonstrated that David had allies and support even among the neighboring nations, and it helped sustain David and his followers during a challenging period of his reign.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Shobi8 of 8 entities the graph connects to Shobi, in 3 groups: kinship 1, company 1, events 6. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.NahashChild of · 1 verseKinshipShobi, Machir, and Barzillai’s bringing of Bed, Basin, Earthen Vessel, Wheat, Barley, Flour, Roasted Grain, Bean, and LentilTook part in · 2 versesCompanyDavid2 events · 964 versesBed1 event · 52 versesBasin1 event · 15 versesFlour1 event · 12 versesBarzillai2 events · 9 versesMachir2 events · 3 versesEventsShobi

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    Where this happens

    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

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    1. 2 Samuel1 verse

      17:27

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    via Shobi, Machir, and Barzillai’s bringing of Bed, Basin, Earthen Vessel, Wheat, Barley, Flour, Roasted Grain, Bean, and LentilBarzillaiA Gileadite who provided for David during Absalom's rebellion.via Shobi, Machir, and Barzillai’s bringing of Bed, Basin, Earthen Vessel, Wheat, Barley, Flour, Roasted Grain, Bean, and LentilBasinBasin is a concept gathering 14 labelled instances in the text.via Shobi, Machir, and Barzillai’s bringing of Bed, Basin, Earthen Vessel, Wheat, Barley, Flour, Roasted Grain, Bean, and LentilBedBed is a concept gathering 44 labelled instances in the text.via Shobi, Machir, and Barzillai’s bringing of Bed, Basin, Earthen Vessel, Wheat, Barley, Flour, Roasted Grain, Bean, and LentilBringingBringing is a concept gathering 447 labelled instances in the text.via Shobi, Machir, and Barzillai’s bringing of Bed, Basin, Earthen Vessel, Wheat, Barley, Flour, Roasted Grain, Bean, and LentilDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christvia Shobi, Machir, and Barzillai’s bringing of Bed, Basin, Earthen Vessel, Wheat, Barley, Flour, Roasted Grain, Bean, and LentilFlourFlour is a concept gathering 5 labelled instances in the text.via Shobi, Machir, and Barzillai’s bringing of Bed, Basin, Earthen Vessel, Wheat, Barley, Flour, Roasted Grain, Bean, and LentilMachirAmmiel's son who hosted Mephibosheth

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