Samlah was a king of
Edom
Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and eas ...
mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
, in
Genesis 36:31-43. He succeeded
Hadad ben Bedad
Hadad (Hebrew: הֲדַד), son of Bedad (בְּדַד), was a king of Edom mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 36:31-43. He succeeded Husham in the apparently elective kingship of the Edomites. He is described as having moved the capital of Edom ...
in the apparently elective kingship of the early Edomites. He is described as being from
Masrekah
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A Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "rive ...
. He was succeeded by
Saul of Rehoboth.
The date of his reign is unknown.
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